{"product_id":"9780195330083","title":"Crime and the Life Course: An Introduction","description":"\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. \u003ci\u003eCrime and the Life Course: An Introduction\u003c\/i\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\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011475751152,"sku":"9780195330083","price":72.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780195330083_p0.jpg?v=1763664365","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780195330083","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}