MacLeod, John F., <br/><br/>
Explaining criminal careers :  implications for justice policy / 
John F. MacLeod, Peter G. Grove, David P. Farrington. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Clarendon studies in criminology .
 - Clarendon studies in criminology. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Using the Home Office Offenders Index, a unique database containing records of all criminal convictions in England and Wales since 1963, this simple but influential theory makes exact quantitative predictions about criminal careers and age-crime curves, in particular the prison population contingent on a given sentencing policy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780191781568 (ebook) :  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminals--Great Britain.<br/>Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6944  / .M28 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>364.30941