RT Article
T1 Social Change, Cohort Effects, and Dynamics of the Age–Crime Relationship: Age and Crime in South Korea from 1967 to 2011
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 40
IS 3
SP 591
OP 619
A1 You, Myunghee
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1916836267
AB ObjectiveThe goal of this study is to examine how the age-crime distribution in South Korea has shifted over time and the role of cohorts in driving this shift. This study highlights the impact of social change and historical events on cohort effects, potentially leading to shifts in the age-crime distribution..MethodsAge-Period-Cohort-Interaction (APC-I) models are estimated on age-specific-arrest statistics for offenses in South Korea from 1967 and 2011. The APC-I models take into account the interdependence of age, period, and cohort, thus permitting the identification of inter-and intra-cohort differences in crime over the life course.ResultsThe age-crime distribution in South Korea has changed over time to an older peak age of arrest. Korean baby boomers born between 1955 and 1963 have a higher risk of arrest earlier in life than other cohorts, perpetuating an overall increased risk over the life course.ConclusionChanges in socio-historical conditions differentiate crime trajectories across cohorts over the life course. Thus, this study suggests that social change and historical events impact the age-crime dynamics in South Korea.
K1 Intra-cohort dynamics
K1 Inter-cohort differences
K1 Baby boom cohorts
K1 Age–period–cohort-interaction models
K1 Life-course criminology
K1 The age–crime relationship
DO 10.1007/s10940-023-09579-8