NCJ Number
232509
Journal
Victims and Offenders Volume: 3 Issue: 4 Dated: October 2008 Pages: 319-330
Date Published
October 2008
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This paper examines behavior modification among adolescent and adult offenders.
Abstract
The current paper, and the special journal issue that it introduces, focuses on one of the most enduring debates in criminology: whether individuals who break the laweither as children or adultscan change their behavior with assistance from professionals in the social service or correctional system. A key element of life-course criminology is the notion that "turning points" can be identified throughout offenders' lives that lead them towardor turn them away fromcriminality. The papers in this special issue fill many of the gaps in our knowledge in this important area. The volume includes more traditional research consistent with the "early victimization-later consequences" theme, as well as studies that explore the impact of adult life-course transitions on desistance from crime and victimization. (Published Abstract)