RT Article
T1 Traveling Alone or Together?: neighborhood Context on Individual and Group Juvenile and Adult Burglary Decisions
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 11
SP 2075
OP 2101
A1 Chamberlain, Alyssa W.
A2 Boggess, Lyndsay N.
A2 Fisher, Taylor
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1869154800
AB Neighborhood characteristics are important considerations when offenders make targeting decisions. Movement patterns among adults and juveniles vary widely, which impacts both the number of crime opportunities and the range of neighborhoods to which an offender is exposed. We test whether offending patterns among adult and juvenile burglars vary based on distances traveled, the types of neighborhoods targeted, and whether suspects acted alone or in a group. Using discrete choice modeling, we draw upon a unique sample of cleared burglaries in a representative city in the south over a 13-year period. Results show that adult burglars consistently travel further and are more sensitive to neighborhood conditions than their juvenile counterparts, but that group participation makes little difference in target decisions.
K1 drugs arrests
K1 neighborhood race
K1 non-serious crime
K1 Racial Disparities
DO 10.1177/00111287211067177