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The Criminal Career
The Danish Longitudinal Study

In this 2002 book, Britta Kyvsgaard examines the life circumstances and criminal behavior patterns of career criminals in Denmark.

Britta Kyvsgaard (Author)

9780521815154, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 14 November 2002

302 pages, 20 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.61 kg

How can the average 'criminal career' be characterized and how common are career criminals? Does offending become more specialized and/or more serious as people get older? Do female careers in crime differ from those of males in substance or only in magnitude? Britta Kyvsgaard examines these questions through her longitudinal analysis of the life circumstances and criminal pursuits of 45,000 Danish offenders. This 2002 book provides a remarkably broad assessment of the full spectrum of criminal career patterns. The data, unparalleled in size and quality, allows powerful analyses of criminal behavior, even among relatively small demographic subgroups. Kyvsgaard is thus able to make solid assessments of offending patterns for males and females, juveniles and middle-aged adults, and employed and unemployed individuals. Furthermore, she examines the empirical evidence of the effects of deterrence and incapacitation. Her findings suggest rehabilitation as an alternative worthy of further research.

1. The career concept in criminological research
Part I. Objectives, Methodology and Sample: 2. Objectives
3. Methodology and Validity
4. Data and Data Quality
5. The longitudinal design
6. Crime trends and criminal policy in Denmark
Part II. The Criminal Career: 7. Prevalence
8. Individual crime frequencies
9. Criminal onset
10. Recidivism and duration of the criminal career
11. Desistance from the criminal career
12. Specialization or versatility in the type of offenses
13. Escalation in the seriousness of crime
Part III. Sanctions and Deterrence: 14. The incapacitative effects of sanctions
15. The deterrent effect of sanctions
16. Punishment, treatment, and the pendulum
Part IV. Discussion of Results: 17. The contributions and challenges of criminal career research.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP], Crime & criminology [JKV], Sociology & anthropology [JH]

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