Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11087304 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank R Scarpitti (corresponding author), Terence P Thornberry |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 749 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency, Terence Thornberry, 2018 |
| Venue | Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3061 • E-ISSN: 1939-8638 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2654661 |
| OpenAlex | W2055586316 |
| Language | EN |
In Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency, Terence P. Thornberry and his contributors show that criminal behavior is not a static human attribute, but ebbs and flows over the life course of the individual. Criminal behavior tends to follow a distinct psychological pattern. It is relatively uncommon during childhood, is initiated by most offenders during adolescence, flourishes during late adolescence and early childhood, and usually diminishes or disappears by the mid-twenties. This pattern is not characteristic of all people--some never commit crimes and others become career criminals--but it is a general description of the developmental pattern of criminal offenders. This pattern has profound implications for theories of crime and delinquency. Not only does it explain initiation into, maintenance of, and desistance from involvement in crime, it offers insight into why crime flourishes during adolescence. Traditional theories of crime and delinquency have often failed to distinguish among different phases of criminal careers. They tend to ignore developmental changes that occur across a person's life course, changes that coincide with and can explain the causes and patterns of criminal behavior. This paperback edition of the seventh volume of the distinguished series Advances in Criminological Theory moves us from static identifications of the criminal by presenting a broad range of developmental explanations of crime. Each contributor articulates a developmental or life course perspective in explaining how people become involved in delinquency and crime. Each covers a wide range of theoretical territory and reveals how a developmental perspective enhances the explanatory power of traditional theories of crime and delinquency. This volume is an invaluable tool for criminologists, sociologists, psychologists, and other professionals seeking to teach how crime and violence can be understood in our culture
Criminology · Juvenile delinquency · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Psychology
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Sociological Theories of Crime and Delinquency
A Life-Course Perspective on Incarcerated Women’s Views on Adulthood
An Early Adverse Experience Goes a Long, Criminogenic, Gendered Way
Social Control, Delinquency, and Youth Status Achievement
Labor Market Conditions and Violent Crime among Youth and Adults
Family Influences on Adolescent Delinquent Behaviors
Neighborhood Disorder and Children's Antisocial Behavior
Relationships Between Global and Domain-Specific Self-Evaluations and Types of Offending in Community Boys and Girls
The role of peer delinquency and unstructured socializing in explaining delinquency and substance use
"Nickel and Dimed" for Drug Crime
S/He's a Rebel
Elder, Glen H. Jr.
Integrated Theories of Crime
Criminal Careers
Age and Crime
Strain Theories and Crime
Social Ecologies and Their Contribution to Resilience
Deviant Behavior and Victimization Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents
Deviancy training in male adolescent friendships
Incidents of discrimination and risk for delinquency
Effects of early family/parent training programs on antisocial behavior and delinquency
Criminal Careers in Organized Crime and Social Opportunity Structure
School Discipline as a Turning Point
The Conditional Effects of Stress on Delinquency and Drug Use
Labeling and Cumulative Disadvantage
What Do We Know About Gangs and Gang Members and Where Do We Go From Here?
The Sociological Life Course Approach and Research on Migration and Integration
Unintended Consequences of Early Exposure to Policing
Curso De Vida, Adolescentes E Criminalidade
Criminal Trajectories in Organized Crime
Does Policing Help or Hurt? Examining the Longitudinal Relationship Between Police Involvement and Delinquency in Norway
A Fresh Start or a False Dawn? Assessing the Crime-Preventive Effect of Debt Settlements for People With a History of Conviction
The Anxiety of a Lifetime’—Dealing with Debt in Desistance from Crime
Using 'Turning Points' to Understand Processes of Change in Offending
Indigeneity, Prisoner Visitation and Reincarceration in Australia
The More You Have, The More You Lose
Politics, Research Design, and the ‘Architecture’ of Criminal Careers Studies
Risk Level and Variation in Social Support Access Among Justice-Involved Youth
The Latino Paradox, the Racial Invariance Thesis, and Recidivism Among a Sample of Juvenile Offenders
Child Delinquency, ACEs, and the Juvenile Justice System
“Moving choice to center stage” in the relationship between the self and offending
Rethinking social capital in the desistance process
Severe violent victimization and labour market exclusion
Community multiculturalism and immigrant crime
Networked territorialism
Exposure to Violence Variety as a Risk Factor for Cigarette Smoking
Unveiling the Developmental Dynamics of Labeling Theory
Improving Citation Analysis
Cohort Variation in U.S. Violent Crime Patterns from 1960 to 2014
Lowering the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility
Impulsivity or Discounting? Evaluating the Influence of Individual Differences in Temporal Orientation on Offending
“On the Street, the Only Person You Gotta Bow Down to Is Yourself”
Black Males, Impulsivity, and Externalizing Behaviors
Does the Timing of Incarceration Impact the Timing and Duration of Homelessness? Evidence from “The Transitions to Housing” Study
Dropping out of college and dropping into crime
For Whom Is School Suspension Criminogenic? Self-Control and Variation in Labeling Effects
Functions of parenting styles on patterns of general and serious delinquency trajectories
The Consequences of School Suspension at Different Developmental Stages
Modeling the Reciprocal Relationships Between Group-Based Developmental Trajectories of Peer Delinquency and Self-Reported Delinquency During Adolescence
The Impact of Childhood School Suspension on Dropout and Arrest in Adolescence
Discrimination, Emotions, and Identity
A Test of the Dual Taxonomy Explanation of Life-Course-Persistent Offending
Checkpoint
Zu den Auswirkungen der Inhaftierung Straffälliger auf Familienangehörige
Latent profile similarity of middle and high school youth risk and needs
Community Violence Exposure and Fear in Schools
Investigating the Impact of Prior Criminal Justice Contact on Labor Market Outcomes During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Timing Matters
A Reconceptualization of Social Bond Theory to Predict Change Sequences in Offending
A Comparison of Re-arrest Outcomes Between Youth in Juvenile Drug Court, Teen Court, Probation, and Dismissed Cases
The Association Between Adolescents’ Perceived Negative Treatment by Teachers and Peers on School Victimization
The Timing of Prison Sanctions and the Odds of Returning to Prison After Release
The Variable Association Between Religiosity and Delinquency
Structuring Discretion
Effect of Early Interactions With the Police on Intertemporal Choice
Continuity of Offending in Young Adulthood
Which Risk Factors Plays the Most Critical Role for Delinquent Behavior? Examining Integrated Cognitive Antisocial Potential Theory
Poor Parenting on Underage Drinking Through Frustration and Impulsivity
Deviant Identity and Offending
The School-to-Gang Pipeline
Using an Integrated Model of Strain and Routine Activities to Explore the Reciprocal Relationship Between Direct/Various Victimization and Criminal Coping Among Serious Adolescent Offenders
Expanding Research on the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Exploring the perceptions between ageing and mortality in selected prison facilities in Ghana
Stress, Psychological Distress, Suicide Ideation, and Physical Health by Sexual Orientation
Commitment, Deviance, and Social Control
A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime
Von der Schule in den Beruf
A Life-Course Theory of Cumulative Disadvantage and the Stability of Delinquency
Von der Schule in den Beruf
Developmental Criminology and the Crime Decline
Gender-Related Quality of Parent-Child Interactions and Early Adolescent Problem Behaviors
Associations Between Incarcerated Fathers' Cumulative Childhood Risk and Contact With Their Children
Criminal history and social disadvantage as predictors of the severity of violent offending
The offending cycle, escalation and de‐escalation in delinquent behavior
The Roles of the Police in the Offender Reentry Process
Method to the Madness
The role of workplace offending in the relationship between work and crime
Diverse trajectories of cocaine use through early adulthood among rebellious and socially conforming youth
School suspension and social selection
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |