[PDF] Career Criminals eBook

Author : Matt DeLisi
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 2005-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1452235953

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More than a century of scientific research has indicated that the majority of crime that occurs in society is committed by a small percentage of the population, meaning that most criminals are repeat offenders, or "career criminals." If societies devoted considerable resources toward preventing and neutralizing career criminals, there would be dramatic reductions in crime, the fear of crime, and the assorted costs and collateral consequences of crime. Career Criminals in Society examines the small but dangerous group of repeat offenders who are most damaging to society. The book encourages readers to think critically about the causes of criminal behavior and the potential of the criminal justice system to reduce crime. Author Matt DeLisi draws upon his own practitioner experience, interviewing criminal defendants to argue that career criminals can be combated only with a combination of prevention efforts and retributive criminal justice system policies. Key Features Uses an engaging writing style to provide a comprehensive overview of career criminals Provides chapter-opening vignettes developed from real criminal cases Examines various crime prevention strategies to neutralize criminal careers Explores the international relevance of career criminals Draws upon research from the fields of criminal justice, criminology, psychology, sociology, and human development With its controversial, thought-provoking style, Career Criminals in Society is sure to advance theory and research on chronic offenders and inspire discussions on how to adequately control crime. It is an excellent supplementary textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses on criminology, criminal behavior, crime typologies, deviant behavior, and crime control and prevention.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 36,58 MB
Release : 1986-02-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0309036844

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By focusing attention on individuals rather than on aggregates, this book takes a novel approach to studying criminal behavior. It develops a framework for collecting information about individual criminal careers and their parameters, reviews existing knowledge about criminal career dimensions, presents models of offending patterns, and describes how criminal career information can be used to develop and refine criminal justice policies. In addition, an agenda for future research on criminal careers is presented.

Author : Neal Shover
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 2005-11-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780521662178

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This systematic application of rational-choice theory to white-collar crime problems distinguishes ordinary and upperworld white-collar crime and presents reasons theoretically for believing that both have increased substantially over time. Reasons for the increase include the growing supply of white-collar lure and non-credible oversight. The book argues that measures and approaches used in the war on street crime have greater promise for reducing white-collar crime. Concluding with reasons for believing that problems of white-collar crime will continue unchecked in the increasingly global economy, it calls for strengthened citizen movements to rein in the increases.

Author : Panel on Research on Criminal Careers
Publisher : National Academies
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 23,55 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Law
ISBN :

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Volume II takes an in-depth look at the various aspects of criminal careers, including the relationship of alcohol and drug abuse to criminal careers, co-offending influences on criminal careers, issues in the measurement of criminal careers, accuracy of prediction models, and ethical issues in the use of criminal career information in making decisions about offenders.

Author : Matt DeLisi
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 12,77 MB
Release : 2005-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1412905540

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Career Criminals in Society examines the small but dangerous group of repeat offenders who are most damaging to society. The book encourages readers to think critically about the causes of criminal behavior and the potential of the criminal justice system to reduce crime. Author Matt DeLisi draws upon his own practitioner experience, interviewing criminal defendants to argue that career criminals can be combated only with a combination of prevention efforts and retributive criminal justice system policies.

Author : Glenn D. Walters
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 19,87 MB
Release : 2011-08-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 1412996082

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Referencing clinical case studies throughout, this book encourages students to critically examine crime-related constructs such as psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder and criminal lifestyle, and to explore evidence-based interventions that could prevent further crime.

Author : Thomas Byrnes
Publisher :
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 24,3 MB
Release : 1886
Category : Crime
ISBN :

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Contained in the item are "36 heliotype plates with photographs of mug shots of criminals (204), and two plates; one of Inspector Byrnes, and the second a tableau of a criminal being held for his picture."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 85

Author : Keith Soothill
Publisher : Willan
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 37,62 MB
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134025831

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The study of criminal careers is of increasing interest in criminology. It is now generally recognised that it is important to try to understand criminal behaviour across the life-course rather than focusing on fragmented incidents which provide only a partial picture. This is an accessible text which clarifies the crucial theoretical and methodological debates surrounding the study of criminal careers. It focuses on some major longitudinal studies discussing the onset, persistence, desistance and the duration of a criminal career. The important topics of prediction, risk and specialisation are addressed. The challenging question of 'When do ex-offenders become like non-offenders?' points a way forward. The book concludes by proposing an even more ambitious approach to the topic of criminal careers.

Author : David Weisburd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 37,99 MB
Release : 2001-02-12
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521777636

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Weisburd and Waring offer here the first detailed examination of the white-collar criminal career.