Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Biographical Sketch -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1: Introduction -- The Concept of Selective Incapacitation -- The Present Study -- 2: Sample and Methods -- The Sample -- The Data -- The Coding -- The Analyses -- 3: Participation in Adult Crime among Former CYA Wards -- Types and Levels of Participation in Crime -- Types of Crimes as a Proportion of the Total -- Breadth of Involvement -- Patterns of Participation by Age -- 4: Adult Arrest Rates of Former CYA Wards -- Arrest Rates over the Follow-up Period -- Arrest Rates by Age: General Offense Categories -- Arrest Rates by Age: Specific Offenses -- 5: Individual Offense Rates: Methodological Issues -- Split-half Correlations -- Correspondence of Rankings Based on Rates of Arrest -- Predictions of Odd and Even Rates -- Implications of Using Official Offense Measures -- 6: Stability of Individual Arrest Rates -- Correlations of Age-Block Arrest Rates -- Patterns of Arrest Rate Levels -- 7: Pre/Post Comparisons: Prison or Probation -- Trends in Aggregate Arrest Rates -- Stability of Pre/Post Arrest Rates -- 8: Correlates and Predictors of Arrest Rates for -- Incarcerated Offenders -- Stability of the Lifestyle Variables -- Age-Block Correlations -- Pre/Post Correlation -- Prediction of Postrelease Arrest Rates -- 9: Incapacitation Effects of Increased Prison Terms -- Incapacitation Effects for Various Offenders -- Effects of Incapacitation on Crime and Incarceration -- 10: Summary and Discussion -- Policy Implications -- Research Implications -- Implications for Understanding Criminal Careers -- References -- Appendix 1: Sample Sizes in Pre/Post Aggregate Arrest-Rate Calculations by Race and Sample -- Appendix 2: Means, Standard Deviations, and Number of Cases Included in Age-Block Variables: All Cases with Prison or Probation Information -- Appendix 3: Means, Standard Deviations, and Number of Cases Included in Pre/Post Variables: All Cases with Prison or Probation Information.