The different theoretical model is needed to understand persistence and desistance of criminal activity. “The life course point of view is a to some better approach for contemplating how a person’s life is resolved through the event of certain life occasions” (Florida State University, 2003). Robert Sampson and John Laub took a developmental approach to establish reasons of deviant behavior across the life span. The concepts of trajectories and transitions assisted them with the development of criminal and deviant behaviors. “Transitions implanted in directions which may incorporate beginning another occupation, getting married, having a child, or being condemned to jail” (Humphrey & Schmalleger, p. 40, 2012).
