Changing Patterns Of Delinquency And Crime: A Longitudinal Study In Racine

by Lyle W. Shannon

Overview

The result of a 30-year longitudinal study in Racine, Wisconsin, this monograph tracks the criminal behaviour of juveniles and the persistence or decline of that behaviour into adult life. The author investigates the influence of the neighbourhood environment on the development of a criminal career and the utility of a criminal typology for the pur

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429715044
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/08/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Lyle W. Shannon

Table of Contents

An Introduction to the Research on Delinquency and Crime -- Assessing the Relationship of Adult Criminal Careers to Juvenile Careers -- The Relationship of Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crime to the Changing City Structure -- The Development of Serious Criminal Careers and the Delinquent Neighborhood -- Variation in the Process of Developing Serious Criminal Careers -- A More Precise Evaluation of the Effects of Sanctions -- Prediction and Typology Development -- Typologies Based on Offense Seriousness or Severity of Sanctions -- Drug Offender Types and Their Relationship to the Ecology of the City -- Summary and Conclusions