Criminal Careers and "Career Criminals," : Volume I Paperback / softback
by National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, Panel on Research on Criminal Careers
Edited by Christy A. Visher, Jeffrey A. Roth, Jacqueline Cohen, Alfred Blumstein
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By focusing attention on individuals rather than on aggregates, this book takes a novel approach to studying criminal behavior.
It develops a framework for collecting information about individual criminal careers and their parameters, reviews existing knowledge about criminal career dimensions, presents models of offending patterns, and describes how criminal career information can be used to develop and refine criminal justice policies.
In addition, an agenda for future research on criminal careers is presented. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1. Introduction: Studying Criminal Careers2. Participation in Criminal Careers3. Dimensions of Active Criminal Careers4. Methodological Issues in Criminal Career Research5. Crime Control Strategies Using Criminal Career Knowledge6.
Use of Criminal Career Information in Criminal Justice DecisionMaking7.
An Agenda for Future ResearchAppendix A: Participation in Criminal CareersAppendix B: Research on Criminal Careers: Individual FrequencyRates and Offense SeriousnessAppendix C: Workshop on Research on Criminal Careers: Program andParticipantsAppendix D: Biographical Sketches, Panel Members, and StaffReferencesIndex
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:474 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:01/02/1986
- ISBN:9780309036849
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:474 pages
- Publisher:National Academies Press
- Publication Date:01/02/1986
- ISBN:9780309036849
