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Autore |
MacLeod John F |
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Titolo |
Explaining criminal careers [[electronic resource] ] : implications for justice policy / / John F. MacLeod, Peter G. Grove, David P. Farrington |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-178156-8 |
1-283-65823-2 |
0-19-164524-9 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Clarendon studies in criminology |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GrovePeter G |
FarringtonDavid P |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Criminals - Great Britain |
Criminal justice, Administration of - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; 1. Criminal Career Research, Mathematical Models, and Testing Quantitative Predictions from Theories; Background; Blumstein and Cohen (1979); The National Academy Panel; Explaining the Growth in Recidivism Probabilities; Explaining the Individual Offending Frequency; Objections to Criminal Career Research; Criminal Career Research in the Last 20 Years; Aims of this Book; Methodological Notes; 2. An Analysis of the Offenders Index; Sources of Data; Recidivism; Reconviction Rate; Reconciling the Risk and Rate Categories; Gender; Is Criminality Constant over the Cohorts? |
3. The Theory and a Simple ModelOrientation; Introduction; The Assumptions of our Theory; Explaining the Age-Crime Curve; The Rise in Crime from 10 to 17 Years of Age; Modelling the Age-Crime Curve; The 100,000 Active Prolific Offenders; Corollaries and Comments; Conclusion; 4. Criminal Careers of Serious, Less Serious, and Trivial Offenders; Orientation; Introduction; Offenders with Custody at First Court Appearance; Custody Rates; Serious Offenders; Less Serious Offenders; Serious Offences; Simplified Modelling of Convictions for Serious Offences; Simplified Modelling of all Convictions |
Versatility or Specialization in OffendingTrivial Offenders; Conclusion; |
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