Research consistently demonstrates that offending versatility declines over the life course,
yet the underlying meaning of this empirical observation remains unclear. Empirical work
has connected shifting routines and social networks with intra-individual changes in
offending versatility, which are also primary mechanisms whereby turning points facilitate
desistance from crime (that is, the decline in offending frequency over the life course). The
current paper hypothesizes that the narrowing of offending variety over the life course is part …

Reports an error in" Marriage and offending specialization: Expanding the impact of turning
points and the process of desistance" by Jean Marie McGloin, Christopher J. Sullivan, Alex
R. Piquero, Arjan Blokland and Paul Nieuwbeerta (European Journal of Criminology, 2011
[Sep], Vol 8 [5], 361-376). In the original article, the following error has been identified: Alex
R. Piquero's affiliation should have read'University of Texas at Dallas, USA'instead of'Florida
State University, USA'.(The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2011 …