Developmental trajectories of offenders convicted of fraud: a follow-up to age 50 in a Dutch conviction cohort

This study describes the criminal careers of offenders convicted of fraud, distinguishing different career dimensions such as intermittency, versatility and specialization. Results indicate that most fraud offenders are versatile in the sense that they also have significant criminal records for othe...

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Main Author: Geest, Victor R. van der (Author)
Contributors: Weisburd, David 1954- (Other) ; Blokland, Arie Aart Jan 1973- (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2017
In: European journal of criminology
Year: 2017, Volume: 14, Issue: 5, Pages: 543-565
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Keywords:
Criminal career
Financial crime
Fraud
Life-course criminology
Specialization
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Summary:This study describes the criminal careers of offenders convicted of fraud, distinguishing different career dimensions such as intermittency, versatility and specialization. Results indicate that most fraud offenders are versatile in the sense that they also have significant criminal records for other serious offending (that is, not fraud). At the same time they are also specialized in fraud. When we examine developmental trajectories of serious offending and next explore patterns of fraud for the groups identified, we find that offenders in our sample represent a heterogeneous group and that the classic divide between typical financial (for example, white-collar) offenders and common criminals does not apply to the majority of our sample.
ISSN:1741-2609
DOI:10.1177/1477370816677620