Debut crimes and chronic offenders in Queensland

We investigate whether the type of crime committed early in an individual's career has a bearing on patterns of subsequent offending (the so-called debut hypothesis) in an Australian setting. Police-recorded crime data from 2008 to 2020 were used and partitioned into cohorts based on the year o...

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Main Author: Townsley, Michael (Author)
Contributors: Hutchins, Benjamin
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Journal of criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 377-395
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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