Testing criminal career theories in British and American longitudinal studies / John F. MacLeod (Cambridge University, Institute of Criminology), David P. Farrington (Cambridge University, Institute of Criminology).

"More recent research on age and crime has failed to unequivocally adjudicate these two positions, but it seems as if the "criminal career" camp has garnered more support. In other words, more recent research on age and crime has shown that there is a benefit to longitudinal methodologies, that some...

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