Enduring risk?: Old criminal records and predictions of future criminal involvement

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-83

  Kurlychek, Megan C ^a   Brame, Robert ^a   Bushway, Shawn D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Collateral consequences; Criminal records; Labeling; Recidivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845381990     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128706294439     Document Type: Article

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