Key Issues in Criminal Career Research : New Analyses of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development / Alex R. Piquero, David P. Farrington, Alfred Blumstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Piquero, Alexis Russell.

Farrington, David P.

Blumstein, Alfred.

Series:

Cambridge books online.

Cambridge Studies in Criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime and age--Longitudinal studies.

Crime and age.

Crime and age--England--London--Longitudinal studies.

Criminals--England--London--Longitudinal studies.

Criminals.

Juvenile delinquents--England--London--Longitudinal studies.

Juvenile delinquents.

Criminal behavior--England--London--Longitudinal studies.

Criminal behavior.

Criminology.

England--London.

Genre:

Longitudinal studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

PDF

Contents:

2 Overview of Criminal Careers 7

3 Overview of CSDD Data 38

4 How Do Prevalence and Individual Offending Frequency Vary with Age? 46

5 How Does Onset Age Relate to Individual Offending Frequency? 60

6 How Does Specialization/Versatility Vary with Age? 74

7 Comparing the Validity of Prospective, Retrospective, and Official Onset for Different Offending Categories 82

8 What Is the Role of Co-offenders, and How Does It Vary with Age? 97

9 Are Chronic Offenders Serious Offenders, and Does This Relationship Vary with Age? 123

10 Trajectories of Offending 139

11 Developing Estimates of Duration and Residual Career Length 175

12 A Summary and an Agenda for Future Research 199.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9780511499494

9780521848657

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