Some Critical Observations on Criminal Types and Criminal Careers
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Criminal Justice and Behavior
- Vol. 15 (1) , 8-23
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854888015001003
Abstract
This article deals with offender typologies, which have been of interest to several generations of criminologists. A number of these efforts are reviewed, but major emphasis is placed on the author's “role-career” scheme. A variety of research findings produced in the past decade or so suggest that the typological approach has been relatively unfruitful. In general, “careers” in crime and deviance are encountered less frequently than is suggested by typologies.Keywords
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