Explaining Criminal Careers: Implications for Justice Policy
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, togeth...
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| author | MacLeod, John F. Grove, Peter Farrington, David |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-314532025-07-30T10:20:35Z Explaining Criminal Careers: Implications for Justice Policy MacLeod, John F. Grove, Peter Farrington, David reconviction recidivism offenders index oi criminal careers prison population conviction age-crime curve theory of crime Non-commercial activity Probability Risk thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVC Causes and prevention of crime thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVQ Offenders::JKVQ1 Rehabilitation of offenders thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVS Probation services thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBT Probability and statistics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVC Causes and prevention of crime thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVQ Offenders::JKVQ1 Rehabilitation of offenders thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVS Probation services thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBT Probability and statistics 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. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2014-12-31 23:55:55 2018-10-03 09:09:28 2020-04-01T14:48:09Z 2012 book 468332 OCN: 813529083 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33482 9780199697243 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31453 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33482/1/468332.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33482/1/468332.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33482/1/468332.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33482/1/468332.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33482/1/468332.pdf Oxford University Press 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199697243.001.0001 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199697243.001.0001 db4e319f-ca9f-449a-bcf2-37d7c6f885b1 OAPEN-UK 9780199697243 OAPEN-UK open access |
| spellingShingle | reconviction recidivism offenders index oi criminal careers prison population conviction age-crime curve theory of crime Non-commercial activity Probability Risk thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVC Causes and prevention of crime thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVQ Offenders::JKVQ1 Rehabilitation of offenders thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVS Probation services thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBT Probability and statistics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVC Causes and prevention of crime thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVQ Offenders::JKVQ1 Rehabilitation of offenders thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVS Probation services thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBT Probability and statistics MacLeod, John F. Grove, Peter Farrington, David Explaining Criminal Careers: Implications for Justice Policy |
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| topic | reconviction recidivism offenders index oi criminal careers prison population conviction age-crime curve theory of crime Non-commercial activity Probability Risk thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVC Causes and prevention of crime thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVQ Offenders::JKVQ1 Rehabilitation of offenders thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVS Probation services thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBT Probability and statistics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVC Causes and prevention of crime thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVQ Offenders::JKVQ1 Rehabilitation of offenders thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology::JKVS Probation services thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PB Mathematics::PBT Probability and statistics |
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