Crime and the Life Course

by Alex R. Piquero and Benson Michael

In recent years, the lifecourse 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 Lifecourse: 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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415994926
• ISBN13: 9780415994927
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"