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1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations |
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880-01 Existing Decision PracticesEthical Limitations; Methodological Issues; Specific Classification Rules; Record-Keeping Implications; AN AGENDA FOR FUTURE RESEARCH; 1 Introduction: Studying Criminal Careers ; THE CRIMINAL CAREERS CONCEPT; CRIME CONTROL POLICIES; Knowledge for Policy; Classification of Offenders; Ethical Considerations; DIMENSIONS OF CRIMINAL CAREERS; Participation; Individual Frequency Rates, Seriousness, and Duration; Basic Definitions and Symbols; Basic Model of a Criminal Career; Extensions of the Basic Model; USING THE CRIMINAL CAREER PARADIGM |
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880-01/(S Criminal Careers and ""Career Criminals"":; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Criminal Careers and ""Career Criminals""; Summary; THE CRIMINAL CAREER APPROACH; FINDINGS ON CRIMINAL CAREERS; Participation in Offending; Measures of Participation; Risk Factors in Criminal Participation; Individual Frequencies for Active Offenders; Overall Rates; Demographic Differences in λ; Other Factors Related to λ; Trends in Seriousness; Career Length; USE OF CRIMINAL CAREER INFORMATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE DECISION MAKING; Career Modification; Incapacitation; PREDICTION-BASED CLASSIFICATION RULES |
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Interpreting Aggregate Crime RatesDemographic Correlates of Criminal Careers; Incapacitation, Rehabilitation, and Deterrence; SCOPE OF THE PANEL'S REPORT; 2 Participation in Criminal Careers ; STUDY DESIGNS AND PARTICIPATION ESTIMATES; PARTICIPATION AMONG MALES; Official-Record Estimates; Self-Report Estimates; PARTICIPATION ESTIMATES BY SEX, RACE, AND AGE; Sex; Race; Age; OTHER FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATION; Family Influences; Parenting; Parental Criminality; Family Disruption; Family Size and Structure; Early Antisocial Behavior; Social Class; School Performance and Intelligence |
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880-02 RaceSex; Age; Offense Clusters; Specialization; Age; Offense Type; Sex; Race; Escalation; TERMINATION AND LENGTH OF CRIMINAL CAREERS; Types of Studies; Persistence by Delinquents into Adult Careers; Measuring Career Length by Number of Arrests; Measuring Career Length in Years; CONCLUSION; 4 Methodological Issues in Criminal Career Research ; OBSERVATIONAL APPROACHES: SELF-REPORTS AND OFFICIAL RECORDS; Self-Reports; Official Records; Potential for Synthesis of Observational Methods; SAMPLING ISSUES; USE OF COHORT AND CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA; PROBLEMS OF CONFOUNDED EFFECTS |
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880-02/(S Substance AbuseEmployment; Peer Group Influences; SUMMARY; 3 Dimensions of Active Criminal Careers ; INDIVIDUAL FREQUENCY RATES; Arrest Frequencies (μ) by Crime Type; Offending Frequencies (λ) By Crime Type; Inferring λ from μ; The Rand Inmate Surveys; National Youth Survey; Estimates of λ; Variations in λ by Sex, Age, and Race; Sex; Age; Race; Other Factors Associated with Variations in Frequency Rates; Age at Onset of Criminal Activity; Drug Use; Employment; Previous Criminal Involvement; Summary; SERIOUSNESS; Types of Studies; Changes in Offense Mix; General Offense-Switching Patterns |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 4, 2014) |
| Subject |
Crime analysis -- United States
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Criminals -- United States.
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
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Criminal statistics -- United States
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Crime analysis
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of
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Criminal statistics
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Criminals
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blumstein, Alfred, editor
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National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Research on Criminal Careers.
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| ISBN |
9780309554879 |
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030955487X |
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1280221801 |
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9781280221804 |
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9786610221806 |
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6610221804 |
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0585119503 |
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9780585119502 |
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