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Explaining the Facts of Crime: How the Developmental Taxonomy Replies to Farrington’s Invitation
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Explaining the Facts of Crime: How the Developmental Taxonomy Replies to Farrington’s Invitation

Alex R Piquero and Terrie E Moffitt
Integrated developmental and life-course theories of offending, pp.51-72
Routledge, 1
2005
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203788431-3

Abstract

Underlying Theoretical Construct Neighborhood Risk Factors Maturity Gap Key Empirical Moffitt’s Taxonomy Biosocial Interaction Aggregate Age Crime Curve Seattle Social Development Project Dunedin Study NCPP Antisocial Activity Developmental Taxonomy Antisocial Behavior Antisocial Potential Criminal Justice System Contact Lengthy Criminal Careers Neuropsychological Risk Individual Offending Frequency Peer Social Context ICAP Situational Action Theory Adolescence Limited Delinquency Moffitt’s Theory Moffitt’s Developmental Taxonomy Criminological Facts
The relationship between age and crime has been one of the most well-documented (Quetelet, 1831; Hirschi and Gottfredson, 1983) and contentious (Steffensmeier et al., 1989; Britt, 1992) of all criminological facts. Researchers studying the relationship between age and crime have typically observed that the aggregate pattern is such that criminal activity tends to peak in the late teens through the mid-twenties, and then declines throughout adulthood.

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