{"product_id":"crime-and-the-life-course-an-introduction-9780195330083","title":"Crime and the Life Course: An Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael L. Benson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Criminology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003cem\u003eCrime and the Life Course: An Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e 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. A special feature is the integration of qualitative and quantitative research on criminal life histories. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book: \u003cbr\u003e* Provides an overview of the life course approach and describes the major concepts and issues in life-course theory as it applies to criminology.\u003cbr\u003e* Reviews evidence on biological and genetic influences on crime.\u003cbr\u003e* Reviews research on the role of the family in crime and juvenile delinquency.\u003cbr\u003e* Provides a detailed discussion of the criminological life-course theories of Moffitt, Hagan, Sampson and Laub, and others.\u003cbr\u003e* Discusses the connections between youthful crime and adult outcomes in education, occupation, and marriage.\u003cbr\u003e* Presents an application of the life-course approach to white-collar crime.\u003cbr\u003e* Discusses how macro sociological and historical developments have influenced the shape of the life course in American society as it relates to patterns in crime.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614318739607,"sku":"9780195330083","price":16154.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780195330083.webp?v=1775092645","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/crime-and-the-life-course-an-introduction-9780195330083","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}