Military Service and Offending Behaviors of Emerging Adults: A Conceptual Review

Focusing on the United States, this paper examines impact of military service for cohort individuals that have experienced social factors characterize emerging adulthood as a unique stage in life course. We argue service, turning point, may act differently contemporary times compared to findings from past research. This difference is driven by changes draft versus volunteer and prevalence adulthood. As background, we describe adulthood, examine how relates crime deviance, explore young adults, provide an overview demographics discuss influence outcomes existing research linking deviant criminal behavior. develop theoretical model relationship between criminological theory policy.