Persisters and Desisters in Crime from Adolescence into Adulthood - Hoeve, Machteld a Laan, Peter H. van der

Focusing on the transition between juvenile offending and adult crime, this book examines research based on Dutch, European and North-American studies on the persistence and discontinuity of offending between late adolescence and early adulthood. Presenting empirical studies showing why persistence or discontinuity take place.