The criminal career : the Danish longitudinal study / Britta Kyvsgaard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kyvsgaard, Britta, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in criminology.

Cambridge studies in criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Denmark--Longitudinal studies.

Crime.

Criminals--Denmark--Longitudinal studies.

Criminals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How can the average 'criminal career' be characterized and how common are career criminals? Does offending become more specialized and/or more serious as people get older? Do female careers in crime differ from those of males in substance or only in magnitude? Britta Kyvsgaard examines these questions through her longitudinal analysis of the life circumstances and criminal pursuits of 45,000 Danish offenders. This 2002 book provides a remarkably broad assessment of the full spectrum of criminal career patterns. The data, unparalleled in size and quality, allows powerful analyses of criminal behavior, even among relatively small demographic subgroups. Kyvsgaard is thus able to make solid assessments of offending patterns for males and females, juveniles and middle-aged adults, and employed and unemployed individuals. Furthermore, she examines the empirical evidence of the effects of deterrence and incapacitation. Her findings suggest rehabilitation as an alternative worthy of further research.

Contents:

1. The Career Concept in Criminological Research

I. Objectives, Methodology, and Sample

2. Objectives

3. Methodology and Validity

4. Data and Data Quality

5. The Longitudinal Design

6. Crime Trends and Criminal Policy in Denmark

II. The Criminal Career

7. Prevalence

8. Individual Crime Frequencies

9. Criminal Onset

10. Recidivism and Duration of the Criminal Career

11. Desistance from the Criminal Career

12. Specialization or Versatility in the Types of Offenses

13. Escalation in the Seriousness of Crime

III. Sanctions and Deterrence

14. The Incapacitative Effect of Sanctions

15. The Deterrent Effect of Sanctions

16. Punishment, Treatment, and the Pendulum

IV. Discussion of Results

17. The Contributions and Challenges of Criminal Career Research

The Criminal Career Concept

Relationships between Prevalence, Frequency, Duration, and Desistance

Individual Offending Frequency

Onset

Criminal Persistence and Desistance

Specialization

Escalation

Gender Differences

Social Status

Varieties of Criminal Careers

Methodological Issues

Incapacitation

Deterrence

Treatment and Intervention.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13393-9

1-280-43418-X

0-511-17792-5

0-511-04256-6

0-511-14843-7

0-511-30532-X

0-511-49946-9

0-511-04573-5

OCLC:

437063533