RT Article
T1 Specialization and seriousness during adult criminal careers
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 4
IS 4
SP 303
OP 345
A1 Blumstein, Alfred
A1 Cohen, Jacqueline
A1 Das, Somnath
A1 Moitra, Soumyo D.
A2 Cohen, Jacqueline
A2 Das, Somnath
A2 Moitra, Soumyo D.
LA English
YR 1988
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764279484
AB Crime-type switching between arrests is examined for tendencies by adult offenders to specialize in crime types or to escalate in seriousness as offending continues. The adult offenders examined display higher levels of specialization than have been previously reported for juveniles; among adult offenders, those who remain criminally active until older ages are also more specialized. Also, there is some evidence of trends toward a worsening of offending: for selected crime types, adult offending becomes more specialized and escalates in seriousness for white offenders. However, similar trends are not observed for black adult offenders.
K1 transition matrices
K1 Criminal Careers
K1 crime-type switching
K1 Escalation
K1 Specialization
DO 10.1007/BF01065343