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Criminal Careers of Habitual Felons
Publication year:
1977
| Cataloged on:
May. 01, 2008
ANNOTATION: The criminal careers of forty-nine inmates of a medium-security prison in California are examined. All are serving time for armed robbery and all have served at least one prior term. Data was gathered from structured interviews with the offenders and from their official criminal records. Data include: information concerning patterns of criminal activity, offender contacts with the criminal justice system, motivation and socioeconomic factors, violent aspects of criminal activity, and types of habitual offenders. Appendix includes the interview instrument.