Marked by time : how social change has transformed crime and the life trajectories of young Americans / Robert J. Sampson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sampson, Robert J., 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquency--Illinois--Chicago--Longitudinal studies.

Juvenile delinquency.

Youth--Illinois--Chicago--Social conditions--Longitudinal studies.

Youth.

Juvenile delinquents--Illinois--Chicago--Longitudinal studies.

Juvenile delinquents.

Youth development--Illinois--Chicago--Longitudinal studies.

Youth development.

Social change--Illinois--Chicago.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2026.

Summary:

A leading sociologist's groundbreaking three-decade study challenges outdated views of crime and character, revealing that traditional risk factors alone poorly predict children's futures.Between 1970 and 2020, the United States experienced a dramatic rise in crime and incarceration, followed by an unexpected decline.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Epigraph

Contents

Introduction: Born under a Good Sign?

I. When We Are

1. Changing Lives, Changing Times

2. Becoming Criminal

3. Measuring What Matters and When

II. Revealing the Power of Change

4. The Arrested Years

5. Race, Class, and Grit Meet the Mark of Time

6. Disentangling Mechanisms of Change

7. Guns, Violence, and Poisoned Development

III. Reconceiving Who We Are

8. The Reign of Propensity and the Character Trap

9. How a Changing Society Degrades Prediction

10. Defining Character Up

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-674-30381-4

9780674303812

OCLC:

1565285028