Persisters and Desisters in Crime from Adolescence into Adulthood: Explanation, Prevention and Punishment

by Machteld Hoeve (Author), RolfLoeber (Editor), Machteld Hoeve (Author), PeterH.vanderLaan (Author), Machteld Hoeve (Author), Peter H. van der Laan (Author), Rolf Loeber (Editor), N. Wim Slot (Author), Peter van der Laan (Author), Rolf Loeber (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2012

  $173.05

  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.