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Life Course Criminology
The life course perspective in criminology focuses on patterns of life events and the ways they influence human behavior (Elder, Glen H., Jr. 1995. The life course paradigm: Social change and individual development. In Examining lives in context: Perspectives on the ecology of human development 101–139. APA Science Volumes. Washington, DC: APA Press). Developmental and life-course theories focus on the changes in offending and problem behaviors over time. While these two theories are similar, there is a notable difference in their approach. For example, life-course theorists give special importance to social structure, whereas developmental theorists focus on human psychology to explain developmental processes. In the criminology field,
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