Full Description
Frontiers in Developmental and Life-Course Criminology advances the field of developmental and life-course criminology (DLC) by highlighting some recent methodological innovations, and exploring the ways in which DLC criminologists are helping to bridge the gap between science and service by their engagement with policymakers and government and non-government agencies.
The book is united by three related themes: the use of new data sources including government administrative data systems, the development of intervention and prevention strategies grounded in DLC research, and resilience, prosocial behaviour, and strengths-based approaches.
This book opens up new possibilities for the future of DLC research, orienting the DLC field as one that prioritises the achievement of better outcomes for individuals and society.
Contents
1. Introduction 2. Linked Administrative Data: Providing Unique Solutions to Key Challenges in Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 3. Challenges and Opportunities to Generate High-Quality Evidence to Inform Youth Crime Prevention and Reduction 4. Within-Person Change and Theories of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 5. How to Work With Visual Artists to Move Developmental and Life-Course Criminology Forward 6. The Life Event Calendar Methodology: Challenges and Considerations for DLC Research 7. 'Life History Research' with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: How Indigenous Methodologies Inform Culturally Appropriate Research 8. Rumbles Quest: A Digital Game-Based Assessment of Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Middle Childhood 9. Knowledge Brokers as Agents for Change: The Role of Lived Experience and Translational Research in Breaking Intergenerational Cycles of Offending 10. The Implications of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) Research in the Treatment and Prevention of Offending Behaviour: Hype or Hope? 11. Trauma-Informed Sentencing of Adults Who Are Life-Course Persistent Offenders 12. Understanding Pathways to Inform Prevention: A Program of Research on Child Maltreatment and Youth Offending Behaviour 13. Why Exploring the Interplay of Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviour Matters for Developmental and Life-Course Criminology and for Strengths-Based Developmental Crime Prevention 14. Building Capacity for Sustainable, Scalable, Place-Based Youth Crime Prevention 15. Commentary: Developmental and Life-Course Criminology Has Come of Age!
