Life-courses, social change and politics: Evidence for the role of politically motivated structural-level influences on individual criminal careers

Criminal careers research is one of the largest fields of research in modern criminology. However, it has almost exclusively focussed on individual-level explanations of onset, maintenance and desistance. In this article, and in part inspired by recent work by John Braithwaite (and others), we argue...

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Main Author: Farrall, Stephen 1969- (Author)
Contributors: Gray, Emily ; Jones, Phil Mike
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Criminology & criminal justice
Year: 2025, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Pages: 463-480
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