NEW PREDICTION AND CLASSIFICATION METHODS IN CRIMINOLOGY (FROM PROBATION AND PAROLE - SELECTED READINGS, 1970, JOHN WILEY & SONS - SEE NCJ-03284

• NCJ Number: 3441
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 1 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1964) Pages: 19-32
• Author(s): L T WILKINS; MACNAUGHTON-SMITH
• Date Published: 1964
• Length: 19 pages
• Corporate Author: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE APPLICATION OF RECENTLY DEVELOPED ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES TO CRIMINOLOGICAL DATA.

Abstract

TECHNIQUES DESCRIBED REPRESENT AN ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE PREDICTIONS IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE INTERACTIONS AND HETEROGENEITIES MIGHT BE EXPECTED TO REDUCE THE POWER OF MULTIPLE REGRESSION METHODS. WHEN APPLIED TO A VERY UNSATISFACTORY SET OF DATA THEY PRODUCED PROMISING RESULTS. THE METHODS, WHICH PROCEED BY DIVIDING THE OFFENDERS INTO GROUPS, HAVE INTERESTING IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STUDY OF TYPOLOGY.