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  • Criminal Recidivism

    Explanation, prediction and prevention

    by Georgia Zara, David Farrington ...
    Criminal Recidivism intends to fill a gap in the criminological psychology literature by examining the processes underlying persistent criminal careers. This book aims to investigate criminal recidivism, and why, how and for how long an individual continues to commit crimes, whilst also reviewing knowledge about risk assessment and the role of psychopathy (including neurocriminological factors) in ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Evidence-Based Offender Profiling

    by Bryanna Fox, Andreas Kapardis, David Farrington, Olivia Hambly ...
    Series series Criminology in Focus
    Offender profiling is an investigative tool used to narrow down the range of potential suspects for a crime by predicting the personality, behavioral, and demographic characteristics that an offender is likely to possess, based upon information collected at the crime scene. While offender profiling has been popularized by TV shows and movies such as Criminal Minds, Silence of the Lambs, and ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Handbook of Crime Correlates

    by Lee Ellis, David P. Farrington, Anthony W. Hoskin ...
    The Handbook of Crime Correlates, Second Edition summarizes more than a century of worldwide research on traits and social conditions associated with criminality and antisocial behavior. Findings are provided in tabular form, enabling readers to determine at a glance the nature of each association. Within each table, results are listed by country, type of crime (or other forms of antisocial ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Saving Children from a Life of Crime

    Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions

    by David P. Farrington, Brandon C. Welsh ...
    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    After decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending. High impulsiveness, low attainment, criminal parents, parental conflict, and growing up in a deprived, high-crime neighborhood are among the most important factors. There is also a growing body of high quality scientific evidence on the effectiveness ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • The Law of Higher Education

    by Dennis Farrington, David Palfreyman OBE ...
    Written by two leading higher education practitioners, this comprehensive and practical guide to the law of higher education in the UK provides extensive analysis of the complex legal framework in which universities work and the remedies which may be sought in the event of disputes. The Law of Higher Education has been fully updated to take account of the many legislative changes which have come ... Read more

    $215.99 USD

  • Testing Criminal Career Theories in British and American Longitudinal Studies

    by John F. MacLeod, David P. Farrington ...
    Series series Elements in Criminology
    Most criminological theories are not truly scientific, since they do not yield exact quantitative predictions of criminal career features, such as the prevalence and frequency of offending at different ages. This Element aims to make progress towards more scientific criminological theories. A simple theory is described, based on measures of the probability of reoffending and the frequency of ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Communities that Care

    Building Community Engagement and Capacity to Prevent Youth Behavior Problems

    by Abigail A. Fagan, J. David Hawkins, David P. Farrington, Richard F. Catalano ...
    Scholars and policymakers increasingly call for evidence-based, prevention-oriented, and community-driven approaches to improve public health and reduce youth crime, substance use, and related problems. However, few functional models exist. In Communities that Care, four leading experts on prevention describe one such system to illustrate how communities effectively engage in prevention activities ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Understanding and Preventing Recidivism of Young Offenders in Argentina

    by Mirian Susana Orlando, David P. Farrington ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book aims to advance knowledge about the recidivism of young offenders. It reviews knowledge about risk factors for recidivism and about protective factors that encourage desistance. It then reviews quantitative research on predictors of recidivism versus desistance of young offenders in Buenos Aires, Argentina, based on following up over 100 young offenders during a two-year statutory ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Explaining Criminal Careers

    Implications for Justice Policy

    by John F. MacLeod, Peter G. Grove, David P. Farrington ...
    Series series Clarendon Studies in Criminology
    This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Explaining Criminal Careers presents a simple but influential theory of crime, conviction and reconviction. The assumptions of the theory are derived directly from a ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Making Public Places Safer

    Surveillance and Crime Prevention

    by Brandon C. Welsh, David P. Farrington ...
    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    The United Kingdom has more than 4.2 million public closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras-one for every fourteen citizens. Across the United States, hundreds of video surveillance systems are being installed in town centers, public transportation facilities, and schools at a cost exceeding $100 million annually. And now other Western countries have begun to experiment with CCTV to prevent crime ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Crime in Japan

    A Psychological Perspective

    by Laura Bui, David P. Farrington ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book reviews research on psychology and crime in Japan, and compares the findings with similar research conducted in Western industrialised countries. It examines explanations for crime and antisocial behaviour in Japan using research and theories from a psychological perspective. Topics covered include cultural explanations, developmental and life-course criminology, family violence and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age

    Recent Results from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development

    by David P. Farrington, Alex R. Piquero, Wesley G. Jennings, Darrick Jolliffe ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This second edition book advances knowledge about criminal careers throughout life. It presents new results from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (CSDD), which is a unique longitudinal study of the development of offending from age 10 to age 61. Previous results obtained in the CSDD are reviewed, and then new findings from official criminal records up to age 61 are presented: on ... Read more

    $53.99 USD