Life-Course Criminology and Corporate Offending

: Developmental and life-course criminology has evolved into a key perspective from which to understand individual offending. In this chapter we explore the benefits and pitfalls of applying a life-course perspective to corporate crime. We do so by systematically reviewing the cornerstones of current developmental and life-course criminology, consecutively addressing the criminal career paradigm, developmental criminology, life-course sociology and life history narratives. For each of these subfields of research we address both core theoretical assumptions and empirical findings, and explore how these would apply to corporate offending.