The theory you are describing is Life Course Theory. This theory emphasizes the importance of historical and cultural contexts in understanding individual and family development over time. It focuses on how various life events and turning points, such as marriage, military service, religious conversions, and meaningful employment, can influence a person's trajectory, including their involvement in criminal activity.
This theory seeks to understand the multiple factors that shape people's lives from birth to death by placing individuals and family development in cultural and historical contexts, It also seeks to identify the turning points that occur in a person's life that lead them to desist from criminal activity, such as marriage, military service, religious conversions, and meaningful employment.
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Broken windows theory
Marxist theory
Strain theory
Life course theory
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