The co-offender as counterfactual: a quasi-experimental within-partnership approach to the examination of the relationship between race and arrest

Estimate the relationship between race and arrest within co-offending partnerships using a quasi-experimental framework. More specifically, this study argues that when two offenders commit an offense together (i.e., co-offend), the characteristics of the offense and victim are the same and can be re...

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Main Author: Lantz, Brendan (Author)
Contributors: Wenger, Marin R.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2020]
In: Journal of experimental criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-206
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Summary:Estimate the relationship between race and arrest within co-offending partnerships using a quasi-experimental framework. More specifically, this study argues that when two offenders commit an offense together (i.e., co-offend), the characteristics of the offense and victim are the same and can be removed as possible confounding variables. In this way, co-offenders can serve as counterfactual observations to one another, allowing for quasi-experimental analysis of the effects of race on arrest likelihood.
ISSN:1572-8315
DOI:10.1007/s11292-019-09362-5