The onset of adult offending: A neglected dimension of the criminal career

The conventional wisdom in criminology is that adult onset of offending is a rare event. Closer examination of the extant literature that use official records, however, reveals that an average of 50 percent of adult offenders initiate offending at age eighteen or older. Although criminological research has investigated late onset offending in adolescence, there is little research on adult onset offending and the correlates of adult offending. Using police contact and interview data from the 1942 and 1949 birth cohort data from Racine, WI, this study investigated the correlates of crime for adult onset and persistent offenders. The results show that employment is the only correlate to affect the probability of adult offending differently for previously delinquent and nondelinquent offenders. This article concludes by highlighting the neglect of research on adult offenders, specifically the large percentage of adult onset offenders, and calling for more research on this topic.     

Implementing Equal Justice for Parents in Washington: A Dual Approach

In many states, legal representation for parents of dependent children is inadequate and can be a source of delays in securing permanency for children and unnecessarily protracted court proceedings. Often, such parents also face barriers to accessing services and independent evaluators. These issues are being addressed in the state of Washington through two approaches. The first is a successful enhanced legal representation program that has substantially improved case outcomes. The second is a statewide committee using innovative means to examine systemic responses to the challenges of the Adoption and Safe Families Act.     

亮出中国传统文化的"王牌"--著名儒学专家骆承烈教授访谈录

2005年9月28日,人们刚起床不久,中央电视台新闻频道就推出了一组直播节目——全球联合祭孔。在长达三个半小时的节目内,现场直播了山东曲阜孔庙、浙江衢州孔氏家庙、上海孔庙、甘肃武威孔庙、云南建水孔庙、台北孔庙,以及香港、日本足利、韩国首尔以及美国洛杉机、德国科隆等地的祭孔盛况。这次全球祭孔大典,意义非凡。为此,记者专程采访了作为此次直播活动的特邀嘉宾、我国著名儒学专家、曲阜师范大学骆承烈教授。记者:这是第一次全球联合祭孔大典,规模宏大,盛况空前;而且在曲阜的主祭是由中国政府出面主持的,官方色彩很浓。为此引起了国内…     

Towards Effective Collective Security and Human Rights Protection in Africa: An Assessment of the Constitutive Act of the New African Union

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