Co-offending as social exchange. Explaining characteristics of co-offending
Studies in the past have already revealed some interesting characteristics of co-offending, but relatively little attention has been paid to explaining them. This paper is focused on the explanation of these characteristics. A comprehensive theory is proposed, based on the idea that co-offending may...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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2003
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The British journal of criminology
Year: 2003, Volume: 43, Issue: 2, Pages: 398-416 |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (doi) |
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Availability in Tübingen: | Present in Tübingen. IFK: In: Z 7 |
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Summary: | Studies in the past have already revealed some interesting characteristics of co-offending, but relatively little attention has been paid to explaining them. This paper is focused on the explanation of these characteristics. A comprehensive theory is proposed, based on the idea that co-offending may be viewed as an event in which material and immaterial goods are exchanged. The basic concepts of such a social exchange theory are formulated in this article, and a causal model based on this theory is deduced. The paper also shows how the proposed theory may explain the well-known characteristics of co-offending |
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ISSN: | 0007-0955 |
DOI: | 10.1093/bjc/43.2.398 |