The Cambridge Study: Previous Results
The Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development represents one of the longest and most comprehensive, prospective longitudinal studies in the world focusing on offending, risk factors, and life events. Evidence gleaned from nearly five decades of research h
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David P. Farrington Wesley G. Jennings
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Alex R. Piquero
Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age Recent Results from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development
David P. Farrington Institute of Criminology University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
Alex R. Piquero Program in Criminology University of Texas at Dallas Dallas, TX, USA
Wesley G. Jennings Department of Criminology University of South Florida Tampa, FL, USA
ISSN 2192-8533 ISSN 2192-8541 (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4614-6104-3 ISBN 978-1-4614-6105-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-6105-0 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012953576 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development is a prospective longitudinal survey of 411 South London males first studied at age 8 in 1961. The main aim of this book is to advance knowledge about criminal offending careers up to age 56. Fortytwo percent of the males were convicted, with an average 10-year conviction career. Only seven percent of the males accounted for half of all convictions. Almost all of the males (93%) reported committing an offe
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