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Adolescence
Research from University of Cambridge provide new insights into adolescence
April 4th, 2009
"This article investigates the life success at ages 32 and 48 of four categories of males: nonoffenders, adolescence-limited offenders (convicted only at ages 10-20), late-onset offenders (convicted only at ages 21-50), and persistent offenders (convicted at both ages 10-20 and 21-50). In the Cambridge Study in Detinquent Development, 411 South London males have been followed up from age 8 to 48 in repeated personal interviews," investigators in Cambridge, the United Kingdom report. "There was considerable continuity in offending over time. Persistent offenders had the longest criminal careers (averaging 18.4 years), and most of them had convictions for violence....
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-04-04)
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