Criminal Recidivism
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Criminal Recidivism

Explanation, prediction and prevention

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Criminal Recidivism

Explanation, prediction and prevention

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About This Book

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 encouraging recidivism. It also focuses on the recidivism of sex offenders and on what works in reducing reoffending.

At an empirical level, this book attempts to explain criminal persistence and recidivism using longitudinal data from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (CSDD). At a psycho-criminological level it joins together quantitative and qualitative analyses, making its content a practical guide to explain, predict, and intervene to reduce the risk of criminal recidivism. The authors present quantitative analyses of criminal careers, as well as qualitative life histories of chronic offenders, in order to bring home the reality and consequences of a life of crime.

The book is aimed not only at advanced students and academics in psychology, criminology, probation studies, social sciences, psychiatry, sociology, political science, and penology, but also at decision makers, policy officials, and practitioners within the realm of crime intervention and prevention, and also at forensic experts, judges and lawyers.

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Publisher
Willan
Year
2015
ISBN
9781136185120
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Criminology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of figures
  8. List of tables
  9. Foreword by Rolf Loeber
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. About the authors
  12. Introduction
  13. 1 Criminal recidivism
  14. 2 Criminal careers, recidivists and chronic offenders
  15. 3 Chronic offenders and their life stories
  16. 4 Risk assessment
  17. 5 Psychopathy
  18. 6 Sex offending
  19. 7 Evidence-based intervention and treatment
  20. 8 Conclusions
  21. References
  22. Index