This volume is the comprehensive synthesis of the empirical findings of seven important ongoing longitudinal studies of delinquency. It aims to examine the extent to which these studies answer the basic question of the origins of delinquent and criminal careers despite their varying guiding theories, methods, and settings. This book is an important resource for criminologists, psychologists, sociologists, and students on juvenile delinquency, criminology, developmental psychology, and deviant behavior.
Author(s): Terence P. Thornberry, Marvin D. Krohn
Edition: 1
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 288
Preliminaries......Page 1
Contributors......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
Contents......Page 14
1. The Development of Panel Studies of Delinquency......Page 20
2. Causes and Consequences of Delinquency......Page 30
3. Delinquency and Crime......Page 66
4. The Development of Male Offending......Page 112
5. Key Results from the First Forty Years of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development......Page 156
6. Testing an IntegrativeTheory of Deviant Behavior......Page 204
7. The Montreal Longitudinal and Experimental Study......Page 224
8. Understanding and Preventing Crime and Violence......Page 274
9. Common Themes, Future Directions......Page 332
Index......Page 346
