Justice Research Summary: Explanations For Offending
In May 2014, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) released a Justice Research bulletin (NCJ 243975) examining various developmental, biological, social, and psychological explanations for offending. The bulletin describes five broad theoretical perspectives that explain these patterns of offending: (1) static theories, (2) dynamic or life-course developmental models, (3) social psychological theories, (4) the developmental psychopathological perspective, and (5) the biopsychosocial perspective . . .
