RT Article T1 Explaining Crime and Criminal Careers: the DEA Model of Situational Action Theory JF Journal of developmental and life-course criminology VO 6 IS 2 SP 188 OP 203 A1 Wikström, Per-Olof H. 1955- LA English YR 2020 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1752944461 AB The purpose of this paper is to outline Situational Action Theory (SAT) and its Developmental Ecological Action Model (DEA model) as applied to the explanation of criminal careers. The DEA model of SAT was first presented by Wikström in 2005, [34]), and subsequently refined in Wikström and Treiber in 2018, [43]), and is further elaborated in this paper. K1 Crime K1 Criminal Careers K1 Causal mechanisms K1 Situational Action Theory K1 The developmental ecological action model DO 10.1007/s40865-019-00116-5