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Explaining criminal careers: implications for justice policy
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036aXA-GB
037beng
077a371734681 Druckausg.: ‡MacLeod, John F.: Explaining criminal careers
087q978-0-19-969724-3
100 MacLeod, John F.
104aGrove, Peter G.
108aFarrington, David
331 Explaining criminal careers
335 implications for justice policy
403 1. ed.
410 Oxford
412 Oxford University Press
425 2012
425a2012
433 XVI, 256 S. : graph. Darst., Ill.
451bClarendon studies in criminology
501 Includes bibliographical references and index
527 Print versionISBN: 978-0-19-969724-3
527 Druckausg.: ‡MacLeod, John F.: Explaining criminal careers
540aISBN 978-0-19-969724-3
540aISBN 0-19-969724-8
700b|364.30941
700c|HV6944
700g127179389X PH 8400
750 Explaining Criminal Careers presents a simple quantitative theory of crime, conviction and reconviction, the assumptions of the theory are derived directly from a detailed analysis of cohort samples drawn from the “UK Home Office” Offenders Index (OI). Mathematical models based on the theory, together with population trends, are used to make: exact quantitative predictions of features of criminal careers; aggregate crime levels; the prison population; and to explain the age-crime curve, alternative explanations are shown not to be supported by the data. Previous research is reviewed, clearly identifying the foundations of the current work. Using graphical techniques to identify mathematical regularities in the data, recidivism (risk) and frequency (rate) of conviction are analysed and modelled. These models are brought together to identify three categories of offender: high-risk / high-rate, high-risk / low-rate and low-risk / low-rate. The theory is shown to rest on just 6 basic assumptions. Within this theoretical framework the seriousness of offending, specialisation or versatility in offence types and the psychological characteristics of offenders are all explored suggesting that the most serious offenders are a random sample from the risk/rate categories but that those with custody later in their careers are predominantly high-risk/high-rate. In general offenders are shown to be versatile rather than specialist and can be categorised using psychological profiles. The policy implications are drawn out highlighting the importance of conviction in desistance from crime and the absence of any additional deterrence effect of imprisonment. The use of the theory in evaluation of interventions is demonstrated.
902g 208942076 Großbritannien
902s 209608595 Kriminelle Karriere
902s 209651067 Kriminalstatistik
902s 209000511 Kriminalität
902s 209574712 Prognosemodell
902s 20900052X Kriminalpolitik
907g 208942076 Großbritannien
907s 209608595 Kriminelle Karriere
907s 209651067 Kriminalstatistik
907s 209000511 Kriminalität
907s 209574712 Prognosemodell
907s 20900052X Kriminalpolitik
012 407857435
081 Explaining criminal careers
100 E-Book Oxford EBS
125aElektronischer Volltext - Campuslizenz
655e$uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199697243.001.0001
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