Crime in the making
Subtitle: pathways and turning points through life
By: Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub.
Contributors: Laub, John H.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Glueck, Sheldon, 1896-; Juvenile delinquency -- Longitudinal studies; Juvenile delinquents -- Longitudinal studies; Criminals -- Longitudinal studies
Description: Sampson and Laub revisit Sheldon and Eleanor Gluecks' mid-century study of 500 delinquents and 500 nondelinquents from childhood to adulthood. They reanalyze the raw data and develop a theory of informal social control which acknowledges the importance of childhood behavior but rejects the implication that adult social factors have little relevance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-304) and index.