@article{ref1,
title="Crime and the transition to adulthood: a person-centered approach",
journal="Crime and delinquency",
year="2015",
author="Bosick, Stacey J.",
volume="61",
number="7",
pages="950-972",
abstract="Recent studies of the transition to adulthood advocate taking a person-centered approach and modeling key transitional events simultaneously. This article advances this literature by focusing on precarious transitioning among at-risk youth and relating their transition experiences to criminal offending. I find evidence for three distinct &quot;pathways&quot; to adulthood. Those with juvenile convictions are equally likely to take one of two &quot;precarious&quot; routes to adulthood--an early family starter pathway or a stalled pathway. Importantly, early family starters are much less likely than stalled transitioners to offend as adults. The findings suggest the transition to adulthood represents a fork in the road for juvenile delinquents in which early family starting serves as an avenue out of continued offending.  Keywords: Juvenile justice <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0011-1287",
doi="10.1177/0011128712461598",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128712461598"
}