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Key Issues in Criminal Career Research: New Analyses of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development

By David P. Farrington , Alfred Blumstein , Alex R. Piquero

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521848652, 9780521848657, 9780511349959
Open Library ID
OL7766533M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1318752 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Studies in Criminology
Edition
1
Pages
256\257
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-04-28 18:43:47

Description

This book examines several contentious and under-studied criminal career issues using one of the world's most important longitudinal studies, the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (CSDD), a longitudinal study of 411 South London boys followed in criminal records to age 40. The analysis reported in the book explores issues related to prevalence, offending frequency, specialization, onset sequences, co-offending, chronicity, career length, and trajectory estimation. The results of the study are considered in the context of developmental/life-course theories, and the authors outline an agenda for criminal career research generally, and within the context of the CSDD specifically.

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