ABSTRACT
Developmental prevention involves the use of scientific research to guide the provision of resources for individuals, families, schools or communities to address the conditions that give rise to antisocial behaviour and crime before the problems arise, or before they become entrenched. Much crime prevention work, however, also means intervening with those who have made a false start. Partly as a result of the successful experiments, across the world there has been an enormous increase in interest in early childhood as a site for social interventions. One striking aspect of Jack’s experience is how problems seemed to start, or to intensify, after he commenced both primary and high schools. Pathways are understood not just as unique individual biographies, but as roads through life – from conception to death – that fork out in many directions at the kinds of crucial transition points that mark new experiences and relationships.
