| Description |
1 online resource (x, 184 pages) |
| Series |
Criminal justice : recent scholarship |
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Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Contents |
The ambiguity of late onset -- Life course criminology and offending trajectories -- Adolescent onset of problem behaviors -- Adult onset of problem behaviors -- Theoretical explanations of late onset -- Methodological issues in studying late onset -- Designing a study of late onset -- Identifying early, normative, and late onset: findings from the NYSFS -- Predictors of early, normative and late onset: patterns of initiation for substance use and offending -- Late onset: mountain or molehill? |
| Summary |
Welch analyzes findings from the National Youth Survey Family Study (NYSFS) to determine the frequency and predictors of late onset offending and other problem behaviors in adulthood. She clarifies the conceptualization of late onset, to investigate the contradictions in findings concerning its occurrence, and to determine which factors are significant predictors of late onset. Findings suggest that late onset substance use is rare and late onset offending is even rarer (less than .1% of respondents and less than 1% of all offenders). Due to the rarity of these events, it is extremely difficul |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 17, 2018) |
| Subject |
Criminal behavior.
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Drug abuse and crime.
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Criminals -- Drug use
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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Criminal behavior
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of
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Criminals -- Drug use
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Drug abuse and crime
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781593325947 |
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1593325940 |
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