Life-Course Criminology: Contemporary and Classic Readings (with InfoTrac) (Great Disasters)
Section I: The Life-Course Perspective. 1. Time, Human Agency, and Social Change: Glenn H. Elder, Jr. 2. Crime and Deviance in the Life Course: Robert Sampson and John H. Laub. Section II: Age, Crime, And Criminal Careers. 3. Introduction: Studying Criminal Careers: Alfred Blumstein, Jacqueline Cohen, Jeffrey Roth, and Christy Visher. 4. The True Value of Lambda Appears to Be Zero: An Essay on Career Criminals, Criminal Careers, Selective Incapacitation, Cohort Studies, and Related Topics. Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi. Section III: Life Course Theories Of Criminal Behavior. 5. Adolescence-Limited and Life-Course Persistent Antisocial Behavior: A Developmental Taxonomy: Terrie Moffitt. 6. A Life-Course Theory of Cumulative Disadvantage and the Stability of Delinquency: Robert Sampson and John H. Laub. Section IV: Empirical Tests Of Life-Course Theories. 7. Life Course Trajectories of Different Types of Offenders: Daniel S. Nagin, David P. Farrington, and Terrie E. Moffitt. 8. Criminal Careers in the Short-Term: Intra-Individual Variability in Crime and Its Relation to Local Life Circumstances. Julie Horney, D.Wayne Osgood, and Ineke Haen Marshall. Section V: Developmental Versus Static Theories: Current Debates. 9. Control Theory and the Life-Course Perspective: Travis Hirschi and Michael R. Gottfredson. 10. Understanding Variability in Lives Through Time: Contributions of Life-Course Criminology. Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub. Section VI: Understanding Persistence In Criminal Behavior. 11. Stability of Aggression Over Time and Generations: L.R. Huesmann, L.D. Eron, M.M. Lefkowitz, and L.O. Walder. 12. Generality, Continuity, and Change in Offending: Raymond Paternoster, Charles W. Dean, Alex Piquero, Paul Mazerolle, and Robert Brame. Section VII: Examining Desistance From Criminal Behavior. 13. Age, Differential Expectations, and Crime Desistance: Neal Shover and Carol Y. Thompson. 14. Trajectories of Change in Criminal Offending: Good Marriages and the Desistance Process: John H. Laub, Daniel S. Nagin, and Robert J. Sampson. Section VIII: Interventions To Reduce Crime Over The Life Course. 15. Parent and Child Training to Prevent Early Onset of Delinquency: The Montreal Longitudinal-Experimental Study: Richard Tremblay, F. Vitaro, L. Bertrand, M. LeBlanc, H. Beauchesne, H. Boileau, and H. David. 16. Long-Term Effects of Nurse Home Visitation on Children's Criminal and Antisocial Behavior: 15-year Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial. David Olds, Charles R. Henderson, et al.