Developmental Criminology and the Crime Decline
A Comparative Analysis of the Criminal Careers of Two New South Wales Birth Cohorts
£17.00
Part of Elements in Criminology
- Authors:
- Jason L. Payne, Australian National University, Canberra
- Alexis R. Piquero, University of Miami and Monash University
- Date Published: October 2020
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108794794
£
17.00
Paperback
Other available formats:
eBook
Looking for an inspection copy?
This title is not currently available on inspection
-
Throughout the 1990s many countries around the world experienced the beginnings of what would later become the most significant and protracted decline in crime ever recorded. Although not a universal experience, the so-called international crime-drop was an unpredicted and unprecedented event which now offers fertile ground for reflection on many of criminology's key theories and debates. Through the lens of developmental and life-course criminology, this Element compares the criminal offending trajectories of two Australian birth cohorts born ten years apart in 1984 and 1994. It finds that the crime-drop was unlikely the result of any significant change in the prevalence or persistence of early-onset and chronic offending, but the disproportionate disappearance of their low-rate, adolescent-onset peers. Despite decades of research that has prioritized interventions for at-risk chronic offenders, it seems our greatest global crime prevention achievement to date was in reducing the prevalence of criminal offending in the general population.
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: October 2020
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108794794
- length: 75 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 150 x 5 mm
- weight: 0.16kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. The 'Crime-Drop' through a Developmental Lens
3. Data and Methodology
4. Prevalence
5. Frequency
and Chronicity
6. Onset
7. Trajectories
8. Young Women
9. Indigenous Australians
10. Conclusion.
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×