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Crime in the Making: Pathways and Turning Points Through Life.
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This article is published in Social Forces.The article was published on 1994-01-01. It has received 3835 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social control theory.read more
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The Effect of Arrest and Justice System Sanctions on Subsequent Behavior: Findings from Longitudinal and Other Studies
David Huizinga,Kimberly L. Henry +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors summarize what is known about the effect of arrest on subsequent behavior, especially delinquent behavior, and what prospective longitudinal studies have added to this knowledge base, and examine what longitudinal studies has found about the impact of sanctions following arrest.
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Early Substance Use and School Achievement: An Examination of Latino, White, and African American Youth:
TL;DR: This paper examined the impact of early substance use on high school completion relative to other risk factors for Latino, White, and African American males, finding that early alcohol and drug use exert an independent influence on the failure to complete high school for White and African-American males.
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Crime and the Transition to Adulthood: A Person-Centered Approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the transition to adulthood represents a fork in the road for juvenile delinquents in which early family starting serves as an avenue out of continued offending, and they find evidence for three distinct "pathways" to adulthood.
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Mixed Method Research in Criminology: Why Not Go Both Ways?
TL;DR: Mixed methods research as discussed by the authors is an approach that combines elements of qualitative and quantitative research into a criminological investigation, and it has become a new buzzword in methodology circles with major international conferences, journals such as the Journal of Mixed Method Research, Field Methods, and Quality and Quantity, and a comprehensive handbook all of its own.
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Desistance from Sex Offending: Motivating Change, Enriching Practice
Tony Ward,D. Richard Laws +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors draw from desistance research and a strength-based rehabilitation theory, the Good Lives Model (GLM), to present a richer way of intervening with sex offenders, arguing that the GLM provides a useful conduit for desistance ideas into sex offender treatment programs.