The life course of criminology in the United States: The American Society of Criminology 2003 Presidential Address

被引：81

作者：

Laub, JH ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Maryland, Dept Criminol & Criminal Justice, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[2] Harvard Univ, Radcliffe Inst Adv Study, Henry A Murray Ctr, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

CRIMINOLOGY | 2004年 / 42卷 / 01期

关键词：

history of criminology; life-course perspective; theory; public policy;

D O I：

10.1111/j.1745-9125.2004.tb00511.x

中图分类号：

DF [法律]; D9 [法律];

学科分类号：

0301 ;

摘要：

The field of criminology lacks a sense of its own history. To rectify this situation, I apply the concepts and framework of the life-course perspective to the development of criminology as a discipline. Examining criminology in the United States over the last 100 years, I discuss three eras (or life-course phases), intellectual continuities and turning points in the field. My thesis is that if we knew our history, we would realize that ideas about crime matter. I offer a revised version on how to view criminology and in doing so address the theme of the 2003 annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, "The Challenge of Practice, the Benefits of Theory."

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