Bibliograph

Explaining criminal careers, implications for justice policy, John F. MacLeod, Peter G. Grove, David P. Farrington

Type

Label

Explaining criminal careers, implications for justice policy, John F. MacLeod, Peter G. Grove, David P. Farrington

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Explaining criminal careers

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

813529083

Responsibility statement

John F. MacLeod, Peter G. Grove, David P. Farrington

Series statement

Open Access e-Books

Sub title

implications for justice policy

Summary

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

Target audience

specialized

Classification