Contents

Introduction: Pathways and prevention: A difficult marriage? Alan France (Loughborough University, UK) and Ross Homel (Griffith University, Brisbane)

Part one: Understanding pathways into and out of crime

Introduction: Alan France (Loughborough University, UK) and Ross Homel (Griffith University, Brisbane)

1 Societal access routes and developmental pathways: putting social structure and young people’s voice into the analysis of pathways into and out of crime, Alan France (Loughborough University, UK) and Ross Homel (Griffith University, Brisbane)

2 Taking the developmental pathways approach to understanding and preventing antisocial behaviour, Jeanette Lawrence (University of Melbourne)

3 Adding social contexts to developmental analyses of crime prevention, Jacqueline Goodnow (Macquarie University, Sydney)

4 Risk factors and pathways into and out of crime, misleading, misinterpreted or mythic? From generative metaphor to professional myth, Kaye Haw (University of Nottingham, UK)

5 Young people, pathways and crime: beyond risk factors, Hazel Kemshall (De Montfort University, UK), Louise Marsland (University of Essex, UK), Thilo Boeck (De Montfort University, UK) and Leigh Dunkerton (University of Salford, UK)

6 Social exclusion, youth transitions and criminal careers: five critical reflections on ‘risk’, Robert MacDonald (University of Teesside, UK)

7 What mediates the macro-level effects of economic stress on crime? Don Weatherburn (New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research) and Bronwyn Lind (New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research)

8 Repeat sexual victimisation amongst an offender sample: implications for pathways and prevention, Paul Mazerolle (Griffith University, Brisbane), Margot Legosz (Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission), Elena Miceski (formerly Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission) and Jennifer Sanderson (Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission)

9 A life-course perspective on bullying, Jacqueline Homel (Australian National University)

Part two: Prevention theory, policy and practice

Introduction: Ross Homel (Griffith University, Brisbane) and Alan France (Loughborough University, UK)

10 Why early in life is not enough: timing and sustainability in early intervention and prevention, Alan Hayes (Australian Institute of Family Studies)

11 The pervasive impact of poverty on children: tackling family adversity and promoting child development through the Pathways to Prevention Project, Kate Freiberg (Griffith University, Brisbane), Ross Homel (Griffith University, Brisbane) and Cherie Lamb (Mission Australia, Pathways to Prevention Service)

12 Research-practice-policy intersections in the Pathways to Prevention Project: reflections on theory and experience, Marie Leech (Mission Australia, Community Services), Caryn Anderson (Simmons College, Boston, USA) and Catherine Mahoney (Mission Australia, Research and Social Policy Unit)

13 Leisure as a context for youth development and delinquency prevention, Linda L. Caldwell (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Edward A. Smith (Pennsylvania State University, USA)

14 The challenges of turning developmental theory into meaningful policy and practice, Rebecca Denning (Criminal Justice Research Unit, Queensland Dept. of the Premier and Cabinet) and Ross Homel (Griffith University, Brisbane)

15 Quality of childcare and the impact on children’s social skills in disadvantaged areas of Australia, Karin Ishimine (University of Sydney) and David Evans (University of Sydney)

16 Policies in the UK to promote the well being of children and young people, Gillian Pugh (London University Institute of Education)

Index