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18.1. Introduction 18.1. Introduction
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18.2. Life Course Concepts and Criminological Research 18.2. Life Course Concepts and Criminological Research
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18.3. Historical Context and the Gendering of Deviance 18.3. Historical Context and the Gendering of Deviance
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18.4. Life Stage and Gender Differences in Antisocial Behavior 18.4. Life Stage and Gender Differences in Antisocial Behavior
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18.5. Gender, Age, and Trajectories of Offending 18.5. Gender, Age, and Trajectories of Offending
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18.6. Gender, Sociogenesis, and the Continuity of Bad Behavior over Time 18.6. Gender, Sociogenesis, and the Continuity of Bad Behavior over Time
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18.7. Gender, Life Course Transitions, and Change in Offending in Later Life 18.7. Gender, Life Course Transitions, and Change in Offending in Later Life
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18.7.1. Employment 18.7.1. Employment
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18.7.2. Marriage 18.7.2. Marriage
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18.7.3. Parenthood 18.7.3. Parenthood
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18.7.4. Agency Versus Cognitive Shift 18.7.4. Agency Versus Cognitive Shift
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18.8. Conclusions 18.8. Conclusions
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18 Gender and Offending in a Life Course Context
Get accessRoss Macmillan is Associate Professor of Sociology at Università Bocconi.
Bill McCarthy is Professor of Sociology at the University of California Davis. He is the co-author (with John Hagan) of Mean Streets: Youth Crime and Homelessness (Cambridge, 1997).
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Published:01 July 2014
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Abstract
This essay outlines theory and research on the life course context of gender and offending. A life course perspective emphasizes social mechanisms that produce continuity of problem behavior over time and mechanisms in later life that produce change in criminal offending. The key issues raised by the life course perspective also animate questions about gender, particularly its role in shaping or contextualizing family interactions, role transitions, and social connections that give rise to patterns of deviance over time. Specific issues examined include gender and offending within sociohistorical contexts and arguments over “crime and gender equality,” life stage variation in gender differences in antisocial behavior, the age distribution of crime and trajectories of offending and their implications, and the social and psychological mechanisms that produce continuities and discontinuities in offending over the life span. The essay concludes with a discussion of gaps in the current literature and directions for future research.
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