Official Criminal Careers

David P Farrington; Alex R Piquero; Wesley G Jennings

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6105-0_3

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Official Criminal Careers

David P Farrington, Alex R Piquero and Wesley G Jennings

Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age, pp.13-25

SpringerBriefs in Criminology, Springer New York

2012-11-14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6105-0_3

Abstract

Criminal Record

Cumulative Prevalence

Career Duration

Drunk Driving

Criminal Career

Official criminal records are one of the most well-known sources of crime data. Accordingly, this chapter reviews the process whereby the criminal record searches were conducted in order to construct the life-course conviction records among the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development males from ages 10 to 56. This rich offending information is then analyzed with a particular focus on the key criminal career dimensions of onset age, offending continuity, and criminal career length. The incarceration histories of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development males are briefly reviewed also.

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Title: Official Criminal Careers
Creators: David P Farrington - Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Alex R Piquero - Program in Criminology, University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, USA
Wesley G Jennings - Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Publication Details: Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age, pp.13-25
Series: SpringerBriefs in Criminology
Publisher: Springer New York; New York, NY
ISSN: 2192-8541
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991031598216102976