Persisters and desisters in crime from adolescence into adulthood [[electronic resource] ] : explanation, prevention, and punishment / / by Rolf Loeber ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub., 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (502 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.36
• Soggetto topico: Crime and age; Juvenile delinquency - Age factors; Juvenile delinquency - Prevention
• Altri autori: LoeberRolf
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Preface by Paul Schnabel; Preface by Friedrich Lösel; Acknowledgements; Editors' Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Criminal Career Patterns; 3 Disentangling Context Effects on Criminal Careers; 4 Explanations of Offending; 5 Vulnerable Youth in Pathways to Adulthood; 6 Risk Assessment and the Impact of Risk and Protective Factors; 7 Juveniles in Transition from Juvenile Justice to Adult Criminal Justice; 8 Offending and Justice Response at the Juvenile-Adult Interface ; 9 Prevention Programmes in Early and Middle Childhood and Their Effect on Adult Crime10 Interventions; 11 European Perspectives; 12Overview, Conclusions, and Policy and Research Recommendations; Appendix: Systems-oriented Interventions in Europe; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Focusing on the transition between juvenile offending and adult crime, this book examines research based on Dutch, European and North-American studies on the persistence and discontinuity of offending between late adolescence and early adulthood. Presenting empirical studies showing why persistence or discontinuity take place, the book provides up-to-date information on preventive and remedial interventions to promote discontinuity of offending amongst young adults.
• Titolo autorizzato: Persisters and desisters in crime from adolescence into adulthood
• ISBN: 1-315-60011-0; 1-317-08200-1; 1-317-08199-4; 1-283-93979-7; 1-4094-3193-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786495303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II