RT Article T1 Advancing knowledge about lifelong crime sequences JF The British journal of criminology VO 59 IS 2 SP 354 OP 377 A1 Pereira, Miguel Basto A2 Farrington, David 1944- LA English YR 2019 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1590174291 AB This article aims to describe the most prevalent, lifelong sequences of crime, to identify developmental patterns of crime, and to evaluate the impact of childhood characteristics on each pathway. Convictions up to age 56 in the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development are analyzed. The prevalence of the most frequent sequences of convictions is presented. Optimal matching dissimilarity and partitioning around medoids analyses are conducted to identify types of sequences. The most common sequences of convictions involve types of stealing. Four different types of sequences are identified and are predicted using childhood characteristics. It is concluded that different types of childhood vulnerabilities predict different types of conviction sequences. K1 Lifelong crime sequences K1 Criminal trajectories K1 Longitudinal study K1 Risk factors K1 Developmental criminology K1 Konsquenzen K1 Straftat K1 VerĂ¼bung K1 Childhood social conditions DO 10.1093/bjc/azy033