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The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

The developmental taxonomy

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McGee, TR; Moffitt, TE
January 1, 2018

This chapter considers whether the peak in the age–crime curve is a function of active offenders committing more crime during adolescence or a function of more individuals actively offending in the peak years. It discusses the two main and most empirically tested typological groupings: the life-course persistent group and the adolescence limited group. The chapter then reviews the evidence on a theoretically interesting grouping: those who abstain from antisocial and offending behavior. It focuses on the debate regarding whether those who were originally thought to recover from early-onset antisocial behavior have childhood-limited antisocial behavior or exhibit low-level chronic antisocial behavior across the life course. Finally, the chapter discusses how the theory it introduces accounts for adult-onset offending and considers whether there are gender differences that need to be accounted for by the theory.

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9780190201371

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January 1, 2018

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149 / 158
 

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McGee, T. R., & Moffitt, T. E. (2018). The developmental taxonomy. In The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology (pp. 149–158). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190201371.013.9
McGee, T. R., and T. E. Moffitt. “The developmental taxonomy.” In The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 149–58, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190201371.013.9.
McGee TR, Moffitt TE. The developmental taxonomy. In: The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. 2018. p. 149–58.
McGee, T. R., and T. E. Moffitt. “The developmental taxonomy.” The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology, 2018, pp. 149–58. Scopus, doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190201371.013.9.
McGee TR, Moffitt TE. The developmental taxonomy. The Oxford Handbook of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology. 2018. p. 149–158.
Journal cover image

DOI

ISBN

9780190201371

Publication Date

January 1, 2018

Start / End Page

149 / 158