Explaining criminal careers : implications for justice policy /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: MacLeod, John F.
Corporate Authors: Oxford University Press.
Group Author: Grove, Peter G.; Farrington, David P.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford :
Publication Dates: 2012.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Clarendon studies in criminology
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Online Access: http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=8479b2bdb7fe4800bad1873805c32415
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-241) and index.
ISBN: 9780191645259
9780199697243
Index Number: HV6944
CLC: D956.14
Contents: 1. Criminal career research, mathematical models, and testing quantitative predictions from theories -- 2. An analysis of the offenders index -- 3. The theory and a simple model -- 4. Criminal careers of serious, less serious, and trivial offenders -- 5. Is age the primary influence on offending? -- 6. Characteristics of individuals -- 7. Applications for managing the criminal justice system -- 8. Criminal policy implications -- 9. Summary and conclusions -- Appendix: mathematical notes.