Tara Renae McGee

The developmental and life-course perspective in criminology came to prominence during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s a number of theories were developed to explain offending behavior over the life-course. This volume brings together theoretical statements, empirical tests and debates of these major theories within the developmental and life-course criminology perspective. In the first section of the book, original theoretical statements are provided and this is followed by a section which includes empirical tests of each of these theories conducted by researchers other than the original theorists. The final section of the book provides a summary of the major debates both within the developmental and life-course perspective and also between this perspective and others within criminology. This comprehensive volume provides an informative overview of the developmental and life-course perspective in criminology.

Histories of Australian Sociology brings together, in one volume, a comprehensive collection of original papers, previously published journal articles and book chapters, and unpublished essays that document the establishment and rise of the discipline of sociology in Australia and New Zealand. Contributors shed light on the major themes, debates and controversies in Australian sociology. This diverse collection is a valuable resource in teaching sociology and will appeal to sociologists and other scholars in the social sciences interested in the origins of the discipline.