Crime and the Life Course: An Introduction

by Michael L. Benson

Book Overview

In recent years the life-course perspective has become a popular theoretical orientation toward crime. Yet despite its growing importance in the field of criminology, most textbooks give it only cursory treatment. Crime and the Life Course: An Introduction by Michael L. Benson provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary research and theory on the life-course approach to crime. The book emphasizes a conceptual understanding of this approach...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195330080
• ISBN13: 9780195330083
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"