Crime in the Making : Pathways and Turning Points through Life

Robert J. Sampson

ISBN 10: 0674176057 / ISBN 13: 9780674176058

Published by Harvard University Press Mär 1995, 1995

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Neuware - This new theory of crime over the life course provides an important foundation for rethinking criminal justice policy. It is based on the reanalysis of a classic set of data: Sheldon and Eleanor Gluecks' mid-century study of 500 delinquents and 500 nondelinquents from childhood to adulthood. Several years ago, Robert Sampson and John Laub dusted off sixty cartons of the Gleucks' data that had been stored in the basement of the Harvard Law School and undertook a lengthy process of recoding, computerizing, and reanalyzing it. On the basis of their findings, they developed a theory of informal social control that acknowledges the importance of childhood behavior but rejects the implication that adult social factors have little relevance. This theory accounts for both stability and change in crime and deviance throughout the life course.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Crime in the Making : Pathways and Turning Points through Life
• Publisher: Harvard University Press Mär 1995
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674176057
• ISBN 13: 9780674176058
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 234W x 157H x 20D millimeters 234 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 550 grams

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Synopsis

This new explanation of crime over the life course provides an important foundation for rethinking contemporary theory and criminal justice policy. It is based on the reanalysis of a classic set of data: Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency, Sheldon and Eleanor Gluecks’ mid-twentieth-century study of 500 delinquents and 500 nondelinquents from childhood to adulthood. Several years ago, Robert Sampson and John Laub dusted off sixty cartons of the Gleucks’ data that had been stored in the basement of the Harvard Law School. After a lengthy process of recoding and reanalyzing these data, they developed and tested a theory of informal social control that acknowledges the importance of childhood behavior but rejects the implication that adult social factors have little relevance.

About the Authors

Robert J. Sampson is Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard University, Affiliated Research Professor at the American Bar Foundation, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect.

John H. Laub is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland.