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Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives
John H. Laub
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Description for Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives
Paperback. Presents an analyses of data on crime and social development up to age 70 for 500 men who were remanded to reform school in the 1940s. These men were the subjects of the classic study Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency by Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck (1950). This book offers a longitudinal study of age, crime, and the life course. Num Pages: 352 pages, 22 line illustrations, 13 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBC; JKVQ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
This book analyzes newly collected data on crime and social development up to age 70 for 500 men who were remanded to reform school in the 1940s. Born in Boston in the late 1920s and early 1930s, these men were the subjects of the classic study Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency by Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck (1950). Updating their lives at the close of the twentieth century, and connecting their adult experiences to childhood, this book is arguably the longest longitudinal study of age, crime, and the life course to date. John Laub and Robert Sampson's long-term data, ... Read more
This book analyzes newly collected data on crime and social development up to age 70 for 500 men who were remanded to reform school in the 1940s. Born in Boston in the late 1920s and early 1930s, these men were the subjects of the classic study Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency by Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck (1950). Updating their lives at the close of the twentieth century, and connecting their adult experiences to childhood, this book is arguably the longest longitudinal study of age, crime, and the life course to date. John Laub and Robert Sampson's long-term data, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674019935
SKU
V9780674019935
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About John H. Laub
John H. Laub is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. Robert J. Sampson is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Harvard University.
Reviews for Shared Beginnings, Divergent Lives
There are many important lessons for current crime control discourse and policy that can be gained from this rigorous, sensitive and insightful study. - Robert Reiner, Times Literary Supplement