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One of the most significant findings to emerge from criminological research over the past decade concerns the increasing evidence that a few chronic, or habitual, offenders commit a disproportionate share of crime, particularly serious crime. To be sure, criminology has always taken an interest in recidivists and repeated criminality, but until the recent past, the body of research evidence lagged far behind the theoretical formulations. As we noted in Chapter 3, empirical evidence has been accumulating which documents the disproportionately small size of the chronic delinquent population and their overinvolvement in crime.
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Tracy, P.E., Wolfgang, M.E., Figlio, R.M. (1990). The Chronic Juvenile Offender. In: Delinquency Careers in Two Birth Cohorts. The Plenum Series in Crime and Justice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7050-5_7
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