RT Article
T1 Criminal Careers and Immigration: An Analysis of Offending Over the Life Course Among Homicide Inmates in Texas
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 1
SP 34
OP 65
A1 Orrick, Erin
A2 Guerra, Chris
A2 Piquero, Alex R. 1970-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839615311
AB The purpose of this study is to examine differences in patterns of criminal arrests between US citizens and foreign citizens among a sample of individuals incarcerated for homicide in Texas. Data for this project come from administrative records of inmates incarcerated in Texas for homicide. Drawing from the criminal careers literature, official arrest records are assessed to compare differences in criminal histories with growth curve models for the examination of criminal careers of non-Texas born US citizens and foreign citizens. Notable findings are that the age-crime curves are remarkably similar between the two groups, but the curves differ in degree, with those of US citizens peaking significantly higher across all crime types examined.
K1 Criminal Careers
K1 growth curve modeling
K1 Homicide
K1 Immigration
DO 10.1177/00111287211039996