Explaining Criminal Careers

Explaining Criminal Careers
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9780199697243
ISBN-13 : 0199697248
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Book Synopsis Explaining Criminal Careers by : John F. MacLeod

Download or read book Explaining Criminal Careers written by John F. MacLeod and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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