Understanding criminal careers

1. Introduction

2. The great debate : competing theoretical approaches and methodological issues

3. The great solution? Exploring the major longitudinal studies

4. When does it all start? Onset of a criminal career

5. Continuity and change in a criminal career : persistence and desistance

6. Specialisation

7. Dangerousness, prediction and risk

8. Criminal careers for everyman

and woman?

9. What's wrong with criminal careers? Moving forward.