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CRIME IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD *
Author(s) -
PIQUERO ALEX R.,
BRAME ROBERT,
MAZEROLLE PAUL,
HAAPANEN RUDY
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
criminology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.467
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1745-9125
pISSN - 0011-1384
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2002.tb00952.x
Subject(s) - life course approach , criminology , psychology , period (music) , criminal behavior , empirical research , early adulthood , young adult , developmental psychology , philosophy , physics , epistemology , acoustics
The extent to which local life circumstances influence criminal activity has been the focus of much theoretical debate. Although empirical research has been initiated, it remains limited. Herein, we use data on 524 serious offenders from the California Youth Authority for a seven‐year post‐parole period to examine the relationship between changes in local life circumstances and criminal activity. We extend previous research by employing a statistical model that accounts for the joint distribution of violent and nonviolent crime during the late teens and twenties in order to present information on patterns of criminal activity during a newly recognized developmental period of the life course, “emerging adulthood.”