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Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology is a peer-reviewed journal published by Springer Nature, covering Crime Patterns and Interventions, Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending.

PublisherSpringer Nature
Reference styleSuperscript numbered (Nature)
Superscript — small raised numerals in the text
1. Smith, A., Jones, B. & Lee, C. A representative article title. Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology 12, 45–58 (2023).

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Publishes research inCrime Patterns and Interventions Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending Child Abuse and Trauma Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
ISSN2199-4641
Citation impact (2-yr)1.03
h-index33
i10-index122
Total citations4,449
Article processing charge$3,090
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Cambridge
Journal websitewww.springer.com
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Papers published in Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology per year

21
2015
31
2016
23
2017
24
2018
30
2019
25
2020
30
2021
33
2022
27
2023
23
2024
19
2025

Citation impact of Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology by publication year

862
2015
859
2016
486
2017
420
2018
588
2019
477
2020
254
2021
303
2022
90
2023
46
2024
10
2025

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Most-cited papers in Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

Explaining Crime and Criminal Careers: the DEA Model of Situational Action Theory

Per‐Olof H. Wikström · 6 Jun 2019

The purpose of this paper is to outline Situational Action Theory (SAT) and its Developmental Ecological Action Model (DEA model) as applied to the explanation of criminal careers. The DEA model of SAT was first presented by Wikström in 2005, [34]), and subsequently refined in Wikström and Treiber in 2018, [43]), and is further elaborated…

The Developmental Nature of the Victim-Offender Overlap

Amber L. Beckley, Avshalom Caspi, Louise Arseneault et al. · 9 Oct 2017

Purpose: It is well-established that victims and offenders are often the same people, a phenomenon known as the victim-offender overlap, but the developmental nature of this overlap remains uncertain. In this study, we drew from a developmental theoretical framework to test effects of genetics, individual characteristics, and routine-activity-based risks. Drawing from developmental literature, we additionally…

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