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1. Criminal Recidivism

   Explanation, Prediction and Prevention

   By David P. Farrington, Georgia Zara

   This book aims to investigate criminal recidivism, the process involved in continuing offending and in delaying desistance from a criminal career. It focuses on why, how and for how long an individual continues committing crimes and aims to explain both the development of a persistent criminal...

   To Be Published February 27th 2014 by Willan
2. Young Adult Offenders

   Lost in Transition?

   Edited by Friedrich Lösel, Anthony Bottoms, David P. Farrington

   Series: Cambridge Criminal Justice Series

   This latest volume in the Cambridge Criminal Justice Series focuses upon young adults and their treatment in the criminal justice system. The subject is very topical because there is increasing evidence that a rigid distinction between ‘youth’ and ‘adulthood’ is not appropriate in modern societies....

   Published May 27th 2012 by Willan
3. Dictionary of Forensic Psychology

   Edited by Graham Towl, David P. Farrington, David Crighton, Gareth Hughes

   Over the past decade, forensic psychology has grown rapidly as a subject, with an increasing number of forensic psychologists working in demanding roles in prisons, secure training facilities, and high, medium and low security healthcare facilities as well as other parts of the criminal justice...

   Published June 12th 2008 by Willan
4. Violence and Serious Theft

   Development and Prediction from Childhood to Adulthood

   Edited by Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, Helene Raskin White

   In this volume, top experts in the field of delinquency discuss the implications of the findings of the Pittsburgh Youth Study for current conceptualizations of antisocial behavior. Violence and Serious Theft is unique in that it combines the strengths of three disciplines to explain delinquency in...

   Published February 7th 2008 by Routledge
5. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention

   Edited by David P. Farrington, Doris Layton MacKenzie, Lawrence W. Sherman, Brandon C. Welsh

   Crime prevention policy and practice is, on the whole, far from objective. Instead of being based on scientific evidence, the crime policy agenda is seemingly driven by political ideology, anecdotal evidence and programme trends. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention seeks to change this by...

   Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge
6. Sex and Violence

   the Psychology of Crime and Risk Assessment

   Edited by David P. Farrington

   Published September 19th 2001 by Routledge
7. Antisocial Behavior and Mental Health Problems

   Explanatory Factors in Childhood and Adolescence

   By Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, Welmoet B. Van Kammen

   Epidemiological surveys have provided key information about the prevalence and degree of seriousness at different ages of a wide array of problem behaviors such as delinquency, substance use, early sexual involvement, and mental health disorders. Knowledge of the extent of these problems and...

   Published August 11th 1998 by Psychology Press
8. Antisocial Behavior and Mental Health Problems

   Explanatory Factors in Childhood and Adolescence

   By Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, Welmoet B. Van Kammen

   Epidemiological surveys have provided key information about the prevalence and degree of seriousness at different ages of a wide array of problem behaviors such as delinquency, substance use, early sexual involvement, and mental health disorders. Knowledge of the extent of these problems and...

   Published June 30th 1998 by Psychology Press
9. Sex and Violence

   Edited by David P. Farrington, Clive Hollin, Mary McMurran

   Produced in response to the growing international demand for information, this book details the latest research in understanding and controlling violent and sexual offences. Increasing numbers of psychologists are now studying and working with offenders to the advancement of forensic...

   Published October 5th 1994 by Routledge