A Life-Course Theory of Cumulative Disadvantage and the ...

A Life-Course Theory of Cumulative Disadvantage and the Stability of Delinquency Robert J. Sampson and John H. Laub Although often lumped together, longitudinal and developmental ap- proaches to crime are not the same. Longitudinal research invokes a methodological stance--collecting and analyzing data on persons (or macrosocial units) over time. ................
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