Explaining criminal careers implications for justice policy

Using the Home Office Offenders Index, a unique database containing records of all criminal convictions in England and Wales since 1963, this simple but influential theory makes exact quantitative predictions about criminal careers and age-crime curves, in particular the prison population contingent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: MacLeod, John F. (-)
Otros Autores: Grove, Peter G., Farrington, David P.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2012.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Clarendon studies in criminology.
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Sumario:Using the Home Office Offenders Index, a unique database containing records of all criminal convictions in England and Wales since 1963, this simple but influential theory makes exact quantitative predictions about criminal careers and age-crime curves, in particular the prison population contingent on a given sentencing policy.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (273 pages) : illustrations
Público:Specialized.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191781568
9781283658232
9780191645242