Identifying classes of explanations for crime drop: period and cohort effects for New York State

Objective This paper advances current understanding of the contemporary crime drop by focusing on the changes in the age distribution of arrests from 1990 to 2010. Using the New York State Computerized Criminal History (CCH) file, which tracks every arrest in the state, we apply standard demographic...

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Main Author: Kim, Jaeok (Author)
Contributors: Bushway, Shawn ; Tsao, Hui-shien
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2016, Volume: 32, Issue: 3, Pages: 357-375
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Age–period–cohort model
Cohort effect
Crime Trend
Crime drop
Crime trend
Period effect