CRIM 300W Lecture Notes - Sampson, Conduct Disorder, Social Control
21 Nov 2013
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Half of the exam, you telling you know the theory, you apply the theory. Explanatory models of behavior that follow individuals throughout their life course of criminal offending. Time is key component: repeated measures of same individuals over time, makes it very expensive to test, hard to follow up on. Previous theories only investigated criminological factors at one time: all of them are cross-sectional studies. Different factors at different points of life. Seek to explain various stages of criminal offending. Attempt to explain both: qualitative differences, quantitative differences. Emphasizes evolution of offenders criminality over time. Examine parts of the individual criminal career: career paths (ex. university is a section of your life) Generally, individuals begin with minor offending and progress towards more serious crimes: get more and more complex over time, probably from learning and their capability to do these duties. Qualitative differences: assessing the relationship between different offences (ie. relationship between sexual abuse and sexual assault)
