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Growing Up and Out of Crime: Desistance, Maturation, and Emerging Adulthood
Growing Up and Out of Crime details how developmental norms and expectations for young people aged 18-25 have diverged from previous generations, shifting the role of maturation that prompts us to examine if and how this maturation can influence desistance from crime.
Author(s) | By Elias Nader (Elias Nader is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Kent State University.). |
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Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 144 |
Published in | United Kingdom |
Published | 6 Feb 2024 |
Availability | Not yet available |
Growing Up and Out of Crime details how developmental norms and expectations for young people aged 18-25 have diverged from previous generations, shifting the role of maturation that prompts us to examine if and how this maturation can influence desistance from crime.
Introduction 1. The Life Course and Emerging Adulthood Theory 2. Theorizing Identity and Maturation 3. Methodological Approach 4. Psychological Maturation 5. Relationships and Social Supports 6. Social Institutions 7. Implications for
Elias S. Nader, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Kent State University. He is a criminologist who studies two main topic areas: the transition to adulthood among justice-involved young people and the practic