Abstract
This chapter applies life course criminology to the trajectories and turning points of female offenders. This chapter first provides a definition and explanation of life course theory, paying specific interest to the idea of continuity and change. Research focused on criminal onset, continuance, and desistance is presented from a gender-neutral approach, and important turning points in childhood and adolescent development are also discussed. This chapter then applies this research to the gender-specific process of socialization experienced by women and argues that important biological, psychological, and sociological differences between males and females support the necessity of a gender-specific understanding of the life course trajectories of females. This chapter concludes with a discussion of gender-specific models influenced by feminist theory in conjunction with research focused on gendered-specific pathways offered by proponents of feminist criminology.
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