The criminal career : the Danish longitudinal study /

"This book provides a remarkably broad assessment of the full spectrum of criminal career patterns applied across a wider cross section of population than was ever previously analyzed. The data, unparalleled in size and quality, allows powerful analyses of criminal behavior, even among relative...

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מחבר ראשי: Kyvsgaard, Britta
פורמט: ספר
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
סדרה:Cambridge studies in criminology
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Table of contents
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תוכן הענינים:
  • 1. The Career Concept in Criminological Research
  • I. Objectives, Methodology, and Sample. 2. Objectives. 3. Methodology and Validity. 4. Data and Data Quality. 5. The Longitudinal Design. 6. Crime Trends and Criminal Policy in Denmark
  • II. The Criminal Career. 7. Prevalence. 8. Individual Crime Frequencies. 9. Criminal Onset. 10. Recidivism and Duration of the Criminal Career. 11. Desistance from the Criminal Career. 12. Specialization or Versatility in the Types of Offenses. 13. Escalation in the Seriousness of Crime
  • III. Sanctions and Deterrence. 14. The Incapacitative Effect of Sanctions. 15. The Deterrent Effect of Sanctions. 16. Punishment, Treatment, and the Pendulum
  • IV. Discussion of Results. 17. The Contributions and Challenges of Criminal Career Research
  • The Criminal Career Concept
  • Relationships between Prevalence, Frequency, Duration, and Desistance
  • Individual Offending Frequency
  • Onset
  • Criminal Persistence and Desistance
  • Specialization.
  • Escalation
  • Gender Differences
  • Social Status
  • Varieties of Criminal Careers
  • Methodological Issues
  • Incapacitation
  • Deterrence
  • Treatment and Intervention.