Measuring Crime and Delinquency over the Life Course : Analyses from the Rochester Youth Development Study

by Piquero, A. R.; Thornberry, Terence P.; Krohn, Marvin D.; Lizotte, Alan J.; Leeper Piquero, Nicole

• ISBN13: 9781441904829
• ISBN10: 1441904824
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-03-28
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Measuring Crime and Delinquency Over the Life Course presents one of the most detailed analyses of the longitudinal pattern of crime and delinquency, using data from one of the most famous longitudinal studies ever conducted in the field, the Rochester Youth Development Study, as well as complimentary data on offending from both official and self-report records. Never before has such information been presented with a specific focus on changes in offending patterns between adolescence and adulthood among individuals differentiated by race and gender.This project will undertake a replication of the classic Hindelang, Hirschi, and Weis (1981) book, Measuring Delinquency. Aside from replicating key chapters, the proposed project will move beyond this previous work in three important ways: (1) it will present a comparison of both self-report and official records of offending among the same persons; (2) it will extend the previous analyses by also conducting race/ethnic comparisons, specifically by including Hispanics, as well as conducting gender comparisons; and (3) it will examine whether self-report estimates of offending at a previous time period relate to official records of offending at a later time period. The authors of this book are among the leading life-course criminologists in the world, and their collective theoretical, methodological, statistical and policy expertise will make this book one of the key readings in criminology generally, and life-course criminology in particular.

Author Biography

Alex R. Piquero is a Professor at the University of Maryland Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Member of the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on Adolescent Development, and Member of the National Consortium on Violence Research. He is also Executive Counselor of the American Society of Criminology, and is Co-Editor of the Journal of Quantitative Criminology. He received a Ph.D. in Criminology & Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland in 1996, and has received several teaching, research, and mentoring awards, including the American Society of Criminology Young Scholar and E-Mail Mentor of the Year Awards, and a University of Florida Teacher of the Year Award. His research interests include criminal careers, criminological theory, and quantitative research methods. He has published widely in the fields of criminology, criminal justice, psychology, and sociology, and is co-author (with Alfred Blumstein and David Farrington) of a recently published book, Key Issues in Criminal Careers Research.