Age and crime: Empirical and theoretical approaches of criminal adult onset
According to the age-crime curve, prevalence in crime displays an increase over the period from the late childhood to adolescence, a peak towards the end of adolescence and a downward trend afterwards during adulthood. In this context, the highest rate of desistance is observed towards the end of ad...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Società Italiana di Vittimologia
2023-03-01
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Series: | Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza |
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Online Access: | https://www.vittimologia.it/rivista/articolo_kontopoulou_2022-unico.pdf |