NCJ Number
108820
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 31 Issue: 3 Dated: (December 1987) Pages: 237-260
Date Published
1987
Length
24 pages
Annotation
Age patterns in criminality have been the subject of considerable criminological attention in recent years. Although most of the research has been concerned with offenders who begin and terminate their careers in crime at a relatively early age, other age-crime careers can be identified.
Abstract
This article centers attention on persons who desist from lawbreaking after having been involved in it for an extensive period of time, or what is often referred to as 'maturational reform.' Adult development theory was employed in a research study comparing two groups of Oregon offenders. The article discusses the crime pattern in which career offenders continue lawbreaking after middle age, as well as instances in which persons became involved for the first time in crime in late adulthood. (Author abstract)