Ezell, Michael Eugene 1973-

Desisting from crime : continuity and change in long-term crime patterns of serious chronic offenders / Michael E. Ezell and Lawrence E. Cohen. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005. - xiii, 328 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Clarendon studies in criminology .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-306) and index.

Looking forward -- Crime over the life course : the empirical implications of three theories -- Empirical research review and hypotheses -- The California youth authority -- Data and methods -- Descriptive summary of data -- Age and crime among latent classes of serious youthful offenders -- On the relationship of past to subsequent criminal activity -- Looking backward and forward.

0199273812 (alk. paper)


Juvenile delinquency--United States.
Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States.