Explaining criminal careers: implications for justice policy
Auteur :
MacLeod, John F. / Grove, Peter G. / Farrington, David P.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199697243
Date de publication :
23 août 2012
Dimensions :
21,9 x 15,4 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
460 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Using the Home Office Offenders Index, a unique database containing records of all criminal (standard list) 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.