Research consistently demonstrates that offending versatility declines over the life course,
yet the underlying meaning of this empirical observation remains unclear. Empirical work …

Over the last two decades, research examining desistance from crime in adulthood has
steadily increased. The evidence from this body of research consistently demonstrates that …

Age is one of the strongest predictors of crime (Farrington 1986). After a sudden peak in
offending in the late adolescent years, with age follows a more gradual decrease. While …

Objectives: This study tests theorized mechanisms of desistance, and whether the process of
desistance is conditioned by social structural position. Methods: We investigate how …

Objectives. This study aims to examine the impact of criminal offending on marriage
formation and partner selection. Although it is well established that marriage has the …

How does crime develop over the life course? And how do age, life circumstances, and prior
offending affect this development? This thesis seeks to answer these two questions that are …

This chapter investigates whether links between major life-course transitions and desistance
from crime are attributable to changing relations with peers. The analysis thus constitutes a …

Despite the continued growth of research demonstrating that marriage promotes desistance
from crime, efforts aimed at understanding the mechanisms driving this effect are limited …

Marriage is central to theoretical debates over stability and change in criminal offending over
the life course. Yet, unlike other social ties such as employment, marriage is distinct in that it …

In recent years a number of studies have observed empirical associations between the
occurrence of key life events such as marriage, employment, and military service, and …