Male Criminal Activity from Childhood Through Youth

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. From Delinquency to Criminal Activity

   • Marc Le Blanc, Marcel Fréchette

   Pages 1-29

3. Perpetration of the Offense

   • Marc Le Blanc, Marcel Fréchette

   Pages 30-56

4. Descriptive and Comparative Views of Offending

   • Marc Le Blanc, Marcel Fréchette

   Pages 57-75

5. A Boundary View of Offending

   • Marc Le Blanc, Marcel Fréchette

   Pages 76-98

6. A Process View of Offending

   • Marc Le Blanc, Marcel Fréchette

   Pages 99-138

7. Offending Patterns

   • Marc Le Blanc, Marcel Fréchette

   Pages 139-164

8. A Criminological Agenda: Research, Theory, Policy, Decision Making, and Intervention

   • Marc Le Blanc, Marcel Fréchette

   Pages 165-194

9. Back Matter

   Pages 195-228

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Male Criminal Activity From Childhood Through Youth reports the results of a large longitudinal study from 1972 to 1985 on a sample of delinquents and a comparison sample of the population in Montreal. A clarification emerges from this extensive study: how to describe criminal activity in a comprehensive theory of crime which integrates the offense, offending, and patterns of offending. Using a developmental approach, Drs. Le Blanc and Fréchette observed a gradation of crimes with subjects progressing through five distinct stages of offending. In all, the research investigates the factors that sustain the development of offending and the mechanisms which accelerate, stabilize, and decelerate the commission of crimes. This book represents a significant advance in the understanding of the development of criminal activity.

• Crime
• Delinquency
• intervention

• École de psycho-éducation, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

  Marc Blanc

• École de criminologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

  Marcel Fréchette

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