Explaining Criminal Careers: Implications for Justice Policy

Autor: MacLeod, John F., Grove, Peter, Farrington, David
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
Předmět:
reconviction
recidivism
offenders index
oi
criminal careers
prison population
conviction
age-crime curve
theory of crime
Non-commercial activity
Probability
Risk
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare
criminology::JKV Crime & criminology
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare
criminology::JKV Crime & criminology::JKVC Causes & prevention of crime
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare
criminology::JKV Crime & criminology::JKVQ Offenders::JKVQ1 Rehabilitation of offenders
bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare
criminology::JKV Crime & criminology::JKVS Probation services
bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PB Mathematics::PBT Probability & statistics
Druh dokumentu: book
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199697243.001.0001
Popis: Explaining Criminal Careers presents a simple quantitative theory of crime, conviction and reconviction, the assumptions of the theory are derived directly from a detailed analysis of cohort samples drawn from the “UK Home Office” Offenders Index (OI). Mathematical models based on the theory, together with population trends, are used to make: exact quantitative predictions of features of criminal careers; aggregate crime levels; the prison population; and to explain the age-crime curve, alternative explanations are shown not to be supported by the data. Previous research is reviewed, clearly identifying the foundations of the current work. Using graphical techniques to identify mathematical regularities in the data, recidivism (risk) and frequency (rate) of conviction are analysed and modelled. These models are brought together to identify three categories of offender: high-risk / high-rate, high-risk / low-rate and low-risk / low-rate. The theory is shown to rest on just 6 basic assumptions. Within this theoretical framework the seriousness of offending, specialisation or versatility in offence types and the psychological characteristics of offenders are all explored suggesting that the most serious offenders are a random sample from the risk/rate categories but that those with custody later in their careers are predominantly high-risk/high-rate. In general offenders are shown to be versatile rather than specialist and can be categorised using psychological profiles. The policy implications are drawn out highlighting the importance of conviction in desistance from crime and the absence of any additional deterrence effect of imprisonment. The use of the theory in evaluation of interventions is demonstrated.
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