TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Crime and the transition to adulthood: a person-centered approach
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Bosick, Stacey J.
SP  - 950
EP  - 972
VL  - 61
IS  - 7
N2  - 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 "pathways" to adulthood. Those with juvenile convictions are equally likely to take one of two "precarious" 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128712461598
ID  - ref1
ER  -