Male Criminal Activity From Childhood Through Youth: Multilevel And Developmental Perspectives (research In Criminology)

**Male Criminal Activity From Childhood Through Youth** reports the results of a large longitudinal study from 1972 to 1985 on a sample of delinquents and a comparison sample of the population in Montreal. A clarification emerges from this extensive study: how to describe criminal activity in a comprehensive theory of crime which integrates the offense, offending, and patterns of offending. Using a developmental approach, Drs. Le Blanc and Fréchette observed a gradation of crimes with subjects progressing through five distinct stages of offending. In all, the research investigates the factors that sustain the development of offending and the mechanisms which accelerate, stabilize, and decelerate the commission of crimes. This book represents a significant advance in the understanding of the development of criminal activity. "Male Criminal Activity From Childhood Through Youth reports the results of a large longitudinal study from 1972 to 1985 on a sample of delinquents and a comparison sample of the population in Montreal. A clarification emerges from this extensive study: how to describe criminal activity in a comprehensive theory of crime which integrates the offense, offending, and patterns of offending. Using a developmental approach, Drs. Le Blanc and Fréchette observed a gradation of crimes with subjects progressing through five distinct stages of offending. In all, the research investigates the factors that sustain the development of offending and the mechanisms which accelerate, stabilize, and decelerate the commission of crimes. This book represents a significant advance in the understanding of the development of criminal activity"--Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages i-xi From Delinquency to Criminal Activity....Pages 1-29 Perpetration of the Offense....Pages 30-56 Descriptive and Comparative Views of Offending....Pages 57-75 A Boundary View of Offending....Pages 76-98 A Process View of Offending....Pages 99-138 Offending Patterns....Pages 139-164 A Criminological Agenda: Research, Theory, Policy, Decision Making, and Intervention....Pages 165-194 Back Matter....Pages 195-228