John F MacLeod
Biographic Data
| ID | 9166397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John F MacLeod |
| GIVEN NAMES | John F |
| FAMILY NAME | MacLeod |
| SIGNATURE | MACLEOD J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Testing Criminal Career Theories in British and American Longitudinal Studies
Most criminological theories are not truly scientific, since they do not yield exact quantitative predictions of criminal career features, such as the prevalence and frequency of offending at different ages. This Element aims to make progress towards more scientific criminological theories. A simple theory is described, based on measures of the probability of reoffending and the frequency of offending. Three offender categories are identified: hi…
Explaining Criminal Careers
Explaining Criminal Careers presents a simple quantitative theory of crime, conviction and reconviction, the assumptions of the theory are derived directly from a detailed analysis of cohort samples drawn from the “UK Home Office” Offenders Index (OI). Mathematical models based on the theory, together with population trends, are used to make: exact quantitative predictions of features of criminal careers; aggregate crime levels; the prison popula…
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Explaining Criminal Careers
Explaining Criminal Careers presents a simple quantitative theory of crime, conviction and reconviction, the assumptions of the theory are derived directly from a detailed analysis of cohort samples drawn from the “UK Home Office” Offenders Index (OI). Mathematical models based on the theory, together with population trends, are used to make: exact quantitative predictions of features of criminal careers; aggregate crime levels; the prison popula…
Testing Criminal Career Theories in British and American Longitudinal Studies
Most criminological theories are not truly scientific, since they do not yield exact quantitative predictions of criminal career features, such as the prevalence and frequency of offending at different ages. This Element aims to make progress towards more scientific criminological theories. A simple theory is described, based on measures of the probability of reoffending and the frequency of offending. Three offender categories are identified: hi…
Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work) · Administration of Criminal justice (1 work) · Advanced Causal Inference Techniques (1 work) · Causes & prevention of crime (1 work)