Understanding Criminal Careers

ISBN-13: 9781843925026 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 224 str.

Keith Soothill

Opis

The study of criminal careers is of increasing interest in criminology. This book clarifies the crucial theoretical and methodological debates that surround the study of criminal careers. It focuses on some major longitudinal studies discussing the onset, persistence, desistance and the duration of a criminal career.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. The Great Debate: Competing Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Issues  3. The Great Solution? The Major Longitudinal Studies  4. When Does It All Start? The Onset of a Criminal Career  5. How Long Does It Last? Persistence, Desistence and the Duration of a Criminal Career  6. Specialisation  7. Dangerousness - Prediction and Risk  8. When Do Ex-offenders Become Like Non-offenders?  9. What's Wrong With Criminal Careers? Moving Forward

O autorze

Keith Soothill is Emeritus Professor of Social Research at the University of Lancaster.

Claire Fitzpatrick is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Lancaster.

Brian Francis is Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Lancaster.