Criminological Theory Introduction to Developmental, or ...



Criminological Theory

Soc 8300

Life-Course Theory I

Questions to Ponder:

1. What is the “age crime curve?”

• Invariance thesis

• Problems/issues with the age crime curve

2. How much “change” is there in deviance and criminality over the life-course?

• Do adolescent delinquents generally desist from crime during young adulthood or not?

3. How stable is deviance/criminality?

• How does this change depending upon whether one looks back on an adult criminal’s life or forward from a delinquent’s life?

• What are the implications of stability for the field of criminology?

4. Explanations of stability

• What is population heterogeneity?

• What are “state dependence” and “cumulative continuity?”

5. Why do G&H argue that the lifecourse perspective and longitudinal research are a waste of time?

6. What are (see Cullen and Agnew) the different types of lifecourse theory?

7. What is the point of the discussion about “opportunity factors” (or, the “opportunity clause”)?

8. What are trajectories (pathways) and turning points (transitions)?

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