TY  - BOOK
AU  - MacLeod,John F.
AU  - Grove,Peter G.
AU  - Farrington,David P.
TI  - Explaining criminal careers: implications for justice policy 
T2  - Clarendon studies in criminology
SN  - 0199697248
U1  - 364.30941 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Criminals
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Crime
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Administración de justicia
KW  - Gran Bretaña
KW  - Delincuentes
KW  - Delincuencia
KW  - Gran Brataña
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-241) and index; 1. Criminal career research, mathematical models, and testing quantitative predictions from theories -- 2. An analysis of the offenders index -- 3. The theory and a simple model -- 4. Criminal careers of serious, less serious, and trivial offenders -- 5. Is age the primary influence on offending? -- 6. Characteristics of individuals -- 7. Applications for managing the criminal justice system -- 8. Criminal policy implications -- 9. Summary and conclusions -- Appendix: mathematical notes
ER  -