A voluminous number of published articles have found support for many of its basic principles, including the core notion that cumulative and increased exposure to strains serves as a risk factor for crime and delinquency ( Agnew & Brezina, 1997 Aseltine et al., 2000 Brezina, 1998, 1999 Broidy, 2001 Eitle & Turner, 2002 Hoffman & Cerbone, 1999 Hoffman & Miller, 1998 Mazerolle, 1998 Mazerolle & Maahs, 2000 Mazerolle & Piquero, 1997 1998 Mazerolle et al., 2000 Paternoster & Mazerolle, 1994).
Since its introduction by Agnew (1992), the merits of GST as an explanation of crime and delinquency have been well established. One such explanation that is well situated to address that question but has yet to be fully utilized is Agnew's general strain theory (GST). Indeed, a number of scholars have taken note of the dearth of understanding about the causal processes that lead one to reduce or discontinue their criminal activity ( Kazemian, 2007 Laub & Sampson, 2001 Piquero, Farrington, & Blumstein, 2003), although interest in understanding desistance is clearly increasing.ĭespite this increased focus on understanding the desistance process, Piquero, Farrington, and Blumstein note in their review of criminal career research that, “more needs to be done to identify the effect of various events and experiences that lead persons into and out of crime” (2003, p. And while a voluminous research exists exploring these issues, the dimension of criminal desistance, while emerging as an important dimension to study, has been “downplayed or over-looked” ( Gunnison & Mazerolle, 2007, p. Developmental and life course theories have focused on the transitions, experiences, and changes that occur during young adulthood that help explain the dimensions of participation, frequency, seriousness, persistence and career length of criminal activity during adulthood. Research examining the criminal career has grown dramatically during the past quarter century.
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