The Predictive Value Of Criminal Background Checks: Do Age And Criminal History Affect Time To Redemption?

Criminology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-60

  Bushway, Shawn D ^a   Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^b   Blokland, Arjan ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Criminal history record; Desistance; Employment; Recidivism; Redemption

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951866208     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: 17459125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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