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Explaining Criminal Careers: Implications for Justice Policy - Clarendon Studies in Criminology MacLeod, John F. (Visiting Scholar, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University)
Explaining Criminal Careers: Implications for Justice Policy - Clarendon Studies in Criminology
MacLeod, John F. (Visiting Scholar, Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University)
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.
272 pages, Illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 23, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199697243 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 274 |
| Dimensions | 146 × 220 × 21 mm · 480 g |
| Language | English |