The historical variability of the age-crime relationship

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Methodological problems arising in fitting nonlinear regressions to a dataset are identified in context of research on the age-crime relationship. A modified chisquare distribution is fit to the age distribution of the seven Index crimes for the years 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, and 19...

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Main Author: Greenberg, David F. 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 1994
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 1994, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 361-373
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Keywords:
residuals
General theory of crime
chi-square function
gamma density function
mathematical-form invariance
age distribution of crime
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Summary:Methodological problems arising in fitting nonlinear regressions to a dataset are identified in context of research on the age-crime relationship. A modified chisquare distribution is fit to the age distribution of the seven Index crimes for the years 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, and 1988 to assess the historical invariance of the distribution. Problematic features of Britt's ( J. Quant. Criminol. 8, 175–187, 1992) analysis of the same data are highlighted.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/BF02221281