The Milltown Boys Revisited

Book Description
How do some young people "escape" from a life of crime while others remain in it? This landmark book is the first longitudinal study of deviancy that gets to the heart of this question. During the mid-1970s, Howard Williamson studied a group of young offenders. Twenty-five years later, Williamson decided to track them down in order to find out how their teenage years had shaped their futures. The result is an extraordinary account of how many of these young people "beat all the odds" while others remained embedded in criminality. A celebration of success as much as a confirmation of predetermination, this book is a salutary read on how real lives unfold and whether public policy makes a difference. It will serve as a corrective to many contemporary social theories concerning risk and transition that have to date gone unchallenged.


About the Author
Howard Williamson is Researcher and Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Cardiff.



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How do some young people "escape" from a life of crime while others remain in it? This landmark book is the first longitudinal study of deviancy that gets to the heart of this question. During the mid-1970s, Howard Williamson studied a group of young offenders. Twenty-five years later, Williamson decided to track them down in order to find out how their teenage years had shaped their futures. The result is an extraordinary account of how many of these young people "beat all the odds" while others remained embedded in criminality. A celebration of success as much as a confirmation of predetermination, this book is a salutary read on how real lives unfold and whether public policy makes a difference. It will serve as a corrective to many contemporary social theories concerning risk and transition that have to date gone unchallenged.


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