Week Four - Data On Offenders Flashcards
1
Q
What is the offenders index?
A
A database of criminal histories of people convicted in a criminal court of ‘standard list’ (indictable + serious summary) offences
2
Q
What happened by males 53rd birthday?
A
By 53rd Birthday, 1/3 males had a conviction for a standard list offence. Almost half of these had more than one conviction (Ministry of Justice, 2010)
3
Q
Self-report studies…
A
Self-report studies – Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development – prevalence of offending peaks at age 17
4
Q
Methodological problems…
A
There were methodological problems , for example, memory, honesty, certain types of offences not asked about
