Pathways and Crime Prevention

Alan France is Professor of Criminology at Loughborough University, UK.Ross Homel is Foundation Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Griffith University, Australia.

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• Introduction: Pathways and prevention: A difficult marriage? Part One: Understanding Pathways Into and Out of Crime Introduction 1. Societal access routes and developmental pathways: putting social structure and young people's voice into the analysis of pathways into and out of crime 2. Taking the developmental pathways approach to understanding and preventing antisocial behaviour 3. Adding social contexts to developmental analyses of crime prevention 4. Risk factors and pathways into and out of crime, misleading, misinterpreted or mythic? From generative metaphor to professional myth 5. Young people, pathways and crime: beyond risk factors 6. Social exclusion, youth transitions and criminal careers: five critical reflections on 'risk' 7. What mediates the macro-level effects of economic stress on crime? 8. Repeat sexual victimisation amongst an offender sample: implications for pathways and prevention 9. A life-course perspective on bullying Part Two: Prevention Theory, Policy and Practice Introduction 10. Why early in life is not enough: timing and sustainability in early intervention and prevention 11. The pervasive impact of poverty on children: tackling family adversity and promoting child development through the Pathways to Prevention Project 12. Research-practice-policy intersections in the Pathways to Prevention Project: reflections on theory and experience 13. Leisure as a context for youth development and delinquency prevention 14. The challenges of turning developmental theory into meaningful policy and practice 15. Quality of childcare and the impact on children's social skills in disadvantaged areas of Australia 16. Policies in the UK to promote the well being of children and young people