SOC225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: White-Collar Crime, Positivism, Longitudinal Study
7 Mar 2014
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Development is seen as a constant series of interactions between individuals and environments; crime is an evolving process that cannot be fully explained by either individual or environmental factors. Transitions are short term changes in our lives that can change our overall trajectories i. e. the birth of a child, a job promotion etc. The transitions we go through will have long term effects on us and will affect us in our later years. Transition in the childhood stage could be the loss of a parent leading to lack of supervision or parenting and could possibly be prompted into a life of crime. Similarily in adolescence, if one drops out of school they may lead a life of crime simply to get by. The social means of age throughout the life-course. At 40 more likely to embezzle than at 18. The effects of major events and structural location on the life histories of individuals.
