RT Article
T1 Patterns of Residual Criminal Carreers among a Sample of Adjudicated French-Canadian Males
JF Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
VO 49
IS 3
SP 307
OP 340
A2 Kazemian, Lila
A2 LeBlanc, Marc 1943-
A2 Farrington, David 1944-
A2 Pease, Ken 1943-
LA Undetermined
YR 2007
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639139362
AB This study investigates distributions of residual career length RCL, which refers to the number of years remaining in criminal careers up to the point of termination. Analyses are based on a sample of French-Canadian adjudicated males from the Montreal Two Samples Longitudinal Study and include both self-reports and official records up to age 40. Distributions of RCL are presented according to age, serial conviction number, time since the previous conviction, age of onset, and offence type. Findings show that the number of years remaining in criminal careers declines at a steady pace with age, even among this sample of serious and persistent offenders. RCL also tends to decline with each successive conviction, with increased time lags between the current and previous offences, and with later onset. Furthermore, the accuracy of predictions of RCL based on information available in official records is notable, given the scepticism of past research on this issue. Distributions of self-reported and official RCL were often highly similar, suggesting that official records appear to provide a reasonably accurate picture of criminal careers among high-rate offenders. Theoretical and policy implications are discussed. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR
K1 Kriminelle Karriere
K1 Dauer
K1 Abbruch
K1 Selbstberichte
K1 Strafregister
K1 Vorhersage
K1 Kanada