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In this report, we have highlighted some of the key issues in the explanation, prevention, and treatment of crime. We are especially concerned with violent crimes, predatory crimes such as robbery, and property offenses such as burglary. Some of the key issues in explanation are: Why does crime increase with age to peak in the teenage years? Why do people stop offending after age 20? How far are the most antisocial people at one age also the most antisocial at another? Why are parental family-management practices the best predictors of delinquency? Why do people start or stop committing crimes? What is the influence of peers on offending? How is school failure linked to offending? What is the effect on offending of events such as leaving school, getting married, and becoming unemployed? Why do criminal parents and low-income families produce delinquent children? What are the effects of official labeling on crime (Chapter 5)?
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Farrington, D.P., Ohlin, L.E., Wilson, J.Q. (1986). What Kinds of Longitudinal-Experimental Studies Are Needed?. In: Understanding and Controlling Crime. Research in Criminology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4940-5_8
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