Taking Stock of Delinquency: An Overview of Findings from Contemporary Longitudinal Studies / Edition 1

by Terence P. Thornberry, Marvin D. Krohn

Overview

Taking Sk in Delinquency is the comprehensive synthesis of the empirical findings of seven important ongoing longitudinal studies of delinquency. The seven projects included in this volume represent much of the diversity found in individual-based panel studies of antisocial behavior. Individually and collectively, the results of these investigations have been published in a wide range of disciplinary outlets, thus making it difficult to identify common themes and general principles. This volume intends to provide a comprehensive and unified picture of empirical results, both within these studies and across them. One of the fundamental purposes of Taking Sk in Delinquency is 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.

Taking Sk in Delinquency is an important resource for criminologists, psychologists, sociologists, and upper-level students on juvenile delinquency, criminology, developmental psychology, and deviant behavior.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306473647
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	11/30/2002
Series:	Longitudinal Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Series
Edition description:	2003
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

The Development of Panel Studies of Delinquency.- Causes and Consequences of Delinquency.- Delinquency and Crime.- The Development of Male Offending.- Key Results from the First Forty Years of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development.- Testing an Integrative Theory of Deviant Behavior.- The Montreal Longitudinal and Experimental Study.- Understanding and Preventing Crime and Violence.- Common Themes, Future Directions.