Pathways and Crime Prevention : Theory, Policy and Practice

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This book is concerned with the development of prevention policies and approaches that involve intervention 'early' in the lives of children, young people and their families and explores new evidence that has been emerging from longitudinal and developmental prevention research. It addresses a number of key challenges, arguing that by broadening the research questions and exploring contributions from a wider range of disciplines our understanding of both the pathways into and out of crime and the type of interventions that might work will be greatly enhanced.  Read more... Abstract: This book is concerned with the development of prevention policies and approaches that involve intervention 'early' in the lives of children, young people and their families and explores new evidence that has been emerging from longitudinal and developmental prevention research. It addresses a number of key challenges, arguing that by broadening the research questions and exploring contributions from a wider range of disciplines our understanding of both the pathways into and out of crime and the type of interventions that might work will be greatly enhanced Content: Front Cover Copyright page Contents Figures and tables Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction Part One: Understanding pathways into and out of crime Introduction Chapter 1 Societal access route and development pathways Chapter 2 Taking the developmental pathways approach to understanding and preventing antisocial behaviour Chapter 3 Adding social contexts to developmental analyses of crime prevention Chapter 4 Risk factors and pathways out of crime Chapter 5 Young people pathways and crime: beyond risk factors. Chapter 6 Social exclusion, youth transitions and criminal careersChapter 7 What mediates the macro level effects of economic and social stress on crime? Chapter 8 Repeat sexual victimisation among an offender sample: implications for pathways and prevention Chapter 9 A life course perspective on bullying Part Two: Prevention theory, policy and practice Introduction Chapter 10 Why early life is not enough: timing and sustainability in prevention and early intervention Chapt.