QUANTITATIVE CRIMINOLOGY IN THE UNITED-KINGDOM IN THE 1990S - A BRIEFOVERVIEW

Quantitative criminology research published in the United Kingdom (Eng land, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) in the 1990s is reviewed. Publications are divided into five topical categories: measurement; e xplanations or correlates; police or crime prevention; sentencing; and correctional treatment. The most sophisticated studies are on longitu dinal and criminal career research, correlates of victimization, quasi -experimental analysis of policing strategies, prediction of reconvict ion and sentencing, and evaluation of correctional treatment using sta tistical controls. More fundamental long-term research on the causes o f crime is needed, together with more concern for reliability and vali dity issues, and more evaluation research including controls for extra neous variables using quasiexperimental or (preferably) experimental t echniques.