Description: Character, Circumstances, and Criminal Careers explores and explains the causes and drivers of criminal involvement from adolescence into young adulthood. The book presents an original theory and a uniquely detailed study to explore the relationship between individual and environmental factors across a critical developmental period.
Review Quotes: "To summarize, SAT has evolved into a highly detailed and informative theoretical framework documenting the trajectories of young people's lives from early adolescence to early adulthood - a crucial part of their development. While 'Breaking Rules' previously had a clear impact on the increasing number of empirical tests of SAT, I am confident that this book will similarly influence the testing of the testable developmental hypotheses." -- Lieven Pauwels, CrimRxiv
"This is obviously a provocative and, important book. The theory is credulous and, as a consequence, the burden of disbelief is high and now moves to the critics. Wikström, Treiber, and Roman have made a significant contribution here and the rest of us have a responsibility to study it, to test it, and to help explicate it. As a result, their work should help shape empirical criminology for decades." -- Michael Gottfredson, International Criminology