A developmental paradigm for criminology: Development and self-regulation of deviant behavior

This paper outlines the developmental paradigm for criminology. This perspective has for object the within individual changes in deviant behavior along the life-course. Deviant behavior is conceptualized and empirically verified as a hierarchical syndrome composed of twelve types and four domains of deviant behaviors. The parameters for the description of the forms of deviant behavior are defined. The mechanisms of the cycle of deviant behavior are specified in terms of activation, aggravation and desistance. This paper proposes that the deviant behavior syndrome auto-regulates itself according to the principles of the chaos-ordre perspective in science and the knowledge of developmental psychology. Adapted from the source document.