Outline the basic principles of Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory Sampson and Laub find that the maintenance of a criminal career can be affected by events that occur later in life. They recognize...

Outline the basic principles of Sampson and Laub's age-graded theory Sampson and Laub find that the maintenance of a criminal career can be affected by events that occur later in life. They recognize the role of social capital and its influence on the trajectory of a criminal career. When faced with personal crisis, offenders lack the social supports that can help them reject criminal solutions. Sampson and Laub view criminal careers as a dynamic process in which important life events can change the direction of a person's life course trajectory; these key events are called turning points.