{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2127874779","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716205280075","title":"A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime","display_name":"A Life-Course View of the Development of Crime","publication_year":2005,"publication_date":"2005-10-26","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2127874779","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716205280075","mag":"2127874779"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/0002716205280075","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716205280075","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716205280075","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S150314616","display_name":"The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science","issn_l":"0002-7162","issn":["0002-7162","1552-3349"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5072254459","display_name":"Robert J. Sampson","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-8146","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4259-8146"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I136199984","display_name":"Harvard University","ror":"https://ror.org/03vek6s52","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Robert J. Sampson","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Sociology and Henry Ford II; Social Sciences at Harvard University","Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Sociology and Henry Ford II; Social Sciences at Harvard University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, US","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5023138379","display_name":"John H. Laub","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I66946132","display_name":"University of Maryland, College Park","ror":"https://ror.org/047s2c258","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"John H. Laub","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland at College Park","Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, US"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland at College Park","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, US","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I66946132"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":3650,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3650},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":65.6429,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":960,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99899743,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":99,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"602","issue":"1","first_page":"12","last_page":"45"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10574","display_name":"Crime Patterns and Interventions","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10574","display_name":"Crime Patterns and Interventions","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12736","display_name":"Criminal Justice and Penology","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3308","display_name":"Law"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13728","display_name":"Crime, Deviance, and Social Control","score":9.999999747378752e-05,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3312","display_name":"Sociology and Political Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/life-course-criminology","display_name":"life course criminology","score":0.9559999704360962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/developmental-criminology","display_name":"developmental criminology","score":0.906000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/persistent-offending","display_name":"persistent offending","score":0.8920000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/desistance-from-crime","display_name":"desistance from crime","score":0.9810000061988831},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/turning-points","display_name":"turning points","score":0.7670000195503235},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stressful-life-events","display_name":"life events","score":0.7570000290870667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human-agency","display_name":"human agency","score":0.9769999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/developmental-noise","display_name":"developmental noise","score":0.6710000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/emergent-processes","display_name":"emergent processes","score":0.5479999780654907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/critique-of-rational-choice-theory","display_name":"rational choice critique","score":0.550000011920929}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1691868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1811049","display_name":"Life course approach","level":2,"score":0.8335623741149902},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108170787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3951828","display_name":"Agency (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.7061560153961182},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98184364","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1780131","display_name":"Argument (complex analysis)","level":2,"score":0.6271447539329529},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12713177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900281","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","level":2,"score":0.5362761616706848},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73484699","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161733","display_name":"Criminology","level":1,"score":0.5317448973655701},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.49784255027770996},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781089502","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2917873","display_name":"Human development (humanity)","level":2,"score":0.4670525789260864},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.4150257408618927},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.4088957607746124},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.3145650029182434},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.13441821932792664},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.10881593823432922},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.10871580243110657},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.10768240690231323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55493867","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7094","display_name":"Biochemistry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185592680","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2329","display_name":"Chemistry","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/0002716205280075","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716205280075","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716205280075","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S150314616","display_name":"The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science","issn_l":"0002-7162","issn":["0002-7162","1552-3349"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-b","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-140","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:sae:anname:v:602:y:2005:i:1:p:12-45","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002716205280075","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","score":0.833299994468689}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":27,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W179515067","https://openalex.org/W1598612182","https://openalex.org/W1784056292","https://openalex.org/W1986075107","https://openalex.org/W1989353002","https://openalex.org/W2008515441","https://openalex.org/W2033061014","https://openalex.org/W2043053851","https://openalex.org/W2056177553","https://openalex.org/W2061670009","https://openalex.org/W2093981945","https://openalex.org/W2103614491","https://openalex.org/W2108859062","https://openalex.org/W2123662505","https://openalex.org/W2125608916","https://openalex.org/W2128774044","https://openalex.org/W2136424426","https://openalex.org/W2141002625","https://openalex.org/W2150291618","https://openalex.org/W2156716330","https://openalex.org/W2162542540","https://openalex.org/W2171223247","https://openalex.org/W2227291902","https://openalex.org/W2232839779","https://openalex.org/W2334785436","https://openalex.org/W4242012000","https://openalex.org/W4300812818"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4232472249","https://openalex.org/W3000888039","https://openalex.org/W1579551510","https://openalex.org/W4417461285","https://openalex.org/W2903961587","https://openalex.org/W2970537587","https://openalex.org/W2890643195","https://openalex.org/W2181082713","https://openalex.org/W344581789","https://openalex.org/W2492149552"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"this":[1],"article,":[2],"the":[3,15,35,60,78,94,101,112,143,155,158],"authors":[4,49,144],"present":[5],"a":[6,12,40,84,126],"life-course":[7,107],"perspective":[8],"on":[9],"crime":[10,147],"and":[11,26,117,125],"critique":[13],"of":[14,29,44,66,80,87,97,103],"developmental":[16,123,139],"criminology":[17],"paradigm.":[18],"Their":[19],"fundamental":[20],"argument":[21],"is":[22],"that":[23,58,62,130],"persistent":[24],"offending":[25],"desistance\u2014or":[27],"trajectories":[28],"crime\u2014can":[30],"be":[31,69],"meaningfully":[32],"understood":[33],"within":[34],"same":[36],"theoretical":[37],"framework,":[38],"namely,":[39],"revised":[41],"agegraded":[42],"theory":[43,108],"informal":[45],"social":[46],"control.":[47],"The":[48,105],"examine":[50],"three":[51],"major":[52],"issues.":[53],"First,":[54],"they":[55,76,92,131],"analyze":[56],"data":[57],"undermine":[59],"idea":[61],"developmentally":[63],"distinct":[64],"groups":[65],"offenders":[67],"can":[68],"explained":[70],"by":[71],"unique":[72],"causal":[73],"processes.":[74],"Second,":[75],"revisit":[77],"concept":[79],"turning":[81],"points":[82],"from":[83,133],"time-varying":[85],"view":[86],"key":[88],"life":[89],"events.":[90],"Third,":[91],"stress":[93],"overlooked":[95],"importance":[96],"human":[98,128],"agency":[99,129],"in":[100,141],"development":[102,110],"crime.":[104],"authors'":[106],"envisions":[109],"as":[111,148],"constant":[113],"interaction":[114],"between":[115],"individuals":[116],"their":[118],"environment,":[119],"coupled":[120],"with":[121],"random":[122],"noise":[124],"purposeful":[127],"distinguish":[132],"rational":[134],"choice.":[135],"Contrary":[136],"to":[137,154],"influential":[138],"theories":[140],"criminology,":[142],"thus":[145],"conceptualize":[146],"an":[149],"emergent":[150],"process":[151],"reducible":[152],"neither":[153],"individual":[156],"nor":[157],"environment.":[159]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":49},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":26},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":40},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":64},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":40},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":66},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":72},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":49},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":66},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":61},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":67},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":51},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":57},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":65}],"updated_date":"2026-10-29T09:56:32.521200","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}