《Stones, and Criminal Careers》.pdfVIP

J Youth Adolescence 2011 40:761–775 DOI 10.1007/s10964-011-9678-y EDITORIAL Invited Address: James Joyce, Alice in Wonderland, the Rolling Stones, and Criminal Careers Alex R. Piquero Published online: 4 June 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Abstract The study of criminal careers generally, and What if James Joyce and Alice in Wonderland bumped into patterns of continuity and change in criminal offending in one another at a Rolling Stones concert—how would the particular, has been a long-standing interest to social sci- conversation about criminal careers go? James surely entists across many disciplines. This article provides would stress continuity: ‘‘I am tomorrow, or some future readers with an overview of this line of research. After an day, what I establish today. I am today what I estab- introduction to the criminal career perspective, the article lished yesterday or some previous day’’ James Joyce presents several ‘facts’ that have emerged from criminal 1882–1941 . Alice, on the other hand, would likely stress career studies. This material segues into a discussion of change. Consider her interaction with the Caterpillar in theories based on criminal careers research as well as a Chapter 5: ‘‘ …at least I know who I was when I got up this related discussion of the emerging methods and trends in morning, but I think I must have been changed several the area. The article closes with some observations about times since then …[the Caterpillar] puffed away without public policy with respect to criminal careers knowledge speaking, but at last it unfolded its arms, took the hookah and identi?es some neglected research needs. A key sum- out of its mouth again, and said, ‘So you think you’re mary conclusion is that the processes associated with changed, do y