The Routledge International Handbook of Life-Course Criminology

Book Overview

Since its introduction in the latter half of the 1980s, the meticulous study of distinct criminal career dimensions, like onset, frequency, and crime mix, has yielded a wealth of information on the way crime develops over the life-span. Policymakers in turn have used this information in their efforts to tailor criminal justice interventions to be both effective and efficient. Life-course criminology studies the ways in which the criminal career...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138813664
• ISBN13: 9781138813663
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 496 Pages