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Life Course

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The chapter discusses the life course and how it explains offending. Examining crime through developmental phases requires studies that are long term, known as longitudinal studies. In Japan, however, these studies are difficult to conduct due to government policy. We examine topics of study in the area of Developmental and Life Course Criminology and organise our discussion around a paper published by Farrington and Japanese researchers (2015) using government data. We look at current issues as well: elderly crime is a particular issue that has emerged, possibly because of recent societal changes.

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    The panel presentation was titled, ‘Longitudinal Studies for Developing Criminology in the UK , the US and Japan: Current Efforts and Future Prospects’.

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    The violence comprised indecency through compulsion, forcible rape, rape during the course of robbery, and sexually motivated kidnapping of victims under 13 years old.

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    Laura Bui

  2. Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

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Bui, L., P. Farrington, D. (2019). Life Course. In: Crime in Japan. Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14097-7_3

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