LINKING TIME AND PLACE - DYNAMIC CONTEXTUALISM AND THE FUTURE OF CRIMINOLOGICAL INQUIRY

In this article, the author proposes dynamic contextualism as a promis ing paradigm for future criminological inquiry. This approach recogniz es and attempts to join developmental and historical insights event st ructures and community context qualitative narratives and causal expla nation, and ultimately, time and place At core, the author focuses on the unfolding of human lives in particular contexts, but argues that o ne must also come to grips with social change and the simultaneous-som etimes asynchronous-changing of lives and macrolevel forces (eg., comm unity, societal). In making his case, the author highlights the key li mitations of current community-level and longitudinal approaches, and then presents concrete alternative strategies for future research desi gns.