An Introduction to Life-Course Criminology

Drawing on the research and data from the Stockholm Life-Course Project, this exciting new text covers the key theories and methodologies in the field to provide readers with an authoritative guide

Jerzy Sarnecki (b. 1947) came to Sweden from Warzaw, Poland as a refugee in 1969. He has a PhD in sociology from Stockholm University (1978) and is Professor of criminology at Stockholm University and University of Gävle. He has done extensive research on youth crime, criminal networks, and criminal policy, and is the author of several textbooks in criminology. Having worked on The Stockholm Life-Course Project since the late 1970s, Sarnecki has been the project director for the 2nd and 3rd waves of the study. He is also co-chair of the jury for the prestigious Stockholm Prize in Criminology. Christoffer Carlsson (b. 1986) has a PhD in criminology from The Department of Criminology at Stockholm University. His main field of work is life-course criminology, where he has published extensively. In 2012, he received the European Society of Criminology-s Young Criminologist Award for his work on turning points and desistance processes.

Chapter 1: Life-Course Criminology: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Criminological Theories and Criminal Careers
Chapter 3: Life-Course Theories of Crime and Deviance
Chapter 4: The Methodologies of Life-Course Criminology
Chapter 5: Risk and Prediction of Criminal Careers
Chapter 6: Onset of Crime
Chapter 7: Continuity in Offending: Persistence
Chapter 8: Desistance from Crime
Chapter 9: Looking Back; Looking Forward