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" Continuity and Discontinuity in Criminal Careers "
by Paul E. Tracy, Kimberly Kempf-Leonard.
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729348
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b549102
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by Paul E. Tracy, Kimberly Kempf-Leonard.
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Continuity and Discontinuity in Criminal Careers\ by Paul E. Tracy, Kimberly Kempf-Leonard.
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Boston, MA: Springer US : Imprint : Springer, 1996
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Plenum series in crime and justice.
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147579844X
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: 1475798466
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: 9781475798449
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: 9781475798463
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1. Introduction --;2. Theoretical and Policy Considerations --;3. Review of Related Research --;4. Research Design and Methodology --;5. The Prevalence of Adult Criminality --;6. Predicting Adult Crime Status from Delinquency, Age, Frequency, and Court Dispositions --;7. Predicting Adult Crime Status from Type of Delinquency --;8. Predicting Adult Crime Status from the Severity of the Delinquency Career --;9. Summary of Results --;10. Implications for Theory and Policy --;References --;Name Index.
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It takes courage to do research on crime and delinquency. Such ideas belittle the contributions of past research and leave us vulnerable to theories, programs, policies, and research agendas that may have only tenuous connections to research of any kind.
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Criminology.
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Social sciences.
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HV9104.B973 1996
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Kimberly Kempf-Leonard
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Paul E Tracy
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