Understanding Criminal Careers

by Brian Francis (Author), Brian Francis (Author), Claire Fitzpatrick (Author), Keith Soothill (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2009

  $141.47

  The study of criminal careers is of increasing interest in criminology. This book clarifies the crucial theoretical and methodological debates that surround the study of criminal careers. It focuses on some major longitudinal studies discussing the onset, persistence, desistance and the duration of a criminal career.