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A Developmental Approach for Measuring the Severity of Crimes 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Rajeev Ramchand John M. MacDonald Amelia Haviland Andrew R. Morral 《Journal of Quantitative Criminology》2009,25(2):129-153
There is widespread agreement in criminology that some crimes are more severe than others, but precise definitions of crime
severity and straightforward methods for measuring it have been elusive. Public perceptions of crime severity and economic
estimates of crime costs to society or willingness to pay offer a variety of metrics for the public’s perceptions of severity,
but they may not accurately describe severity as reflected in offender preferences. The behavior of offenders is critical
for understanding developmental progressions in criminal careers, as one may assume that typically more severe offenses are
not undertaken until less severe crimes have been committed. In the present paper we propose an alternative metric of crime
severity, drawing on findings from developmental criminology that indicate that more severe crimes occur after less severe
crimes in the criminal life course, and a method for estimating crime severity that uses the generalized Bradley–Terry model
of multiple paired comparisons. We demonstrate this approach on two samples of youthful offenders: the National Youth Survey
and the RAND Adolescent Outcomes Project. The results suggest that sample-specific estimates of crime severity can be derived,
that these estimates provide insight into the developmental progression of crime, and that they correspond well to crime severity
rankings produced by the public.
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John M. MacDonaldEmail: |
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Selectively Incapacitating Frequent Offenders: Costs and Benefits of Various Penal Scenarios 总被引:2,自引:1,他引:1
A small number of offenders are responsible for a disproportionate share of total crime. Policy makers have been seeking to
reduce crime more efficiently by targeting corrections at these frequent offenders. Thus far, both macro- and micro-level
research have yielded mixed results regarding the effects of these kinds of selective policies. The current study uses data
from the Netherlands Criminal Career and Life-course Study to estimate the incapacitative effects of alternative selective
prison policies. Using the rolling cohorts method, implementations of various penal scenarios differing in selection rate,
sentence disparity and selective accuracy are simulated. Results show that it is hard for selective policies to yield a positive
societal result: costs of imprisonment typically exceed benefits gained from crimes prevented.
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Arjan A. J. BloklandEmail: |
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This paper argues that simulated experiments of crime prevention interventions are an important class of research methods
that compare favorably with empirical experiments. It draws on Popper’s demarcation between science and non-science (Conjectures and refutations: the growth of scientific knowledge. Routledge, London, 1992) and Epstein’s principle of generative explanation (Generative social science: studies in agent-based computational modeling. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2006) to show how simulated experiments can falsify theory. The paper compares simulated and empirical experiments and shows that
simulations have strengths that empirical methods lack, but they also have important relative weaknesses. We identify three
threats to internal validity and two forms of external validity peculiar to simulated experiments. The paper also looks at
the problem of validating simulations with crime data and suggests that simulations need to mimic the error production processes
involved in the creation of empirical data. It concludes by listing ways simulations can be used to improve empirical experiments
and discussing the differing operating assumption of empirical and simulation experimentalists.
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John E. EckEmail: |
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Does Incapacitation Reduce Crime? 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Questions and answers about incapacitation abound in all discussions about criminal justice policy. They are among the most
pressing of all research issues, yet estimates about the incapacitation effect on crime vary considerably, and most are based
on very old and incomplete estimates of the longitudinal pattern of criminal careers. This paper provides an overview of the
incapacitation issue, highlights information on recent estimates of criminal careers that are useful to the incapacitation
model, and outlines an ambitious research agenda for continued and expanded work on incapacitation and crime that centers
on developing better estimates of the characteristics of criminal careers and their relevance to policy choices.
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Alex R. PiqueroEmail: |
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While there is a growing trend to look at criminal justice issues from an international perspective, there has been little literature examining differences in views of crime, criminals, punishment, and treatment between the citizens of the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America. Using data from 524 students at a large university in China and 484 students from a large public university in the USA this study found that, while US respondents were more likely to agree that crime was high in their country, Chinese respondents were more likely to feel that crime was the most serious social problem facing their society. Chinese respondents were more supportive of the death penalty for serious crimes but also were more supportive of rehabilitation of offenders in general. In addition, the study found similarities between students from the two countries in their views. The reasons behind the differences and similarities were explored.
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Shanhe JiangEmail: Phone: +1-419-5304329 |
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Jana Arsovska 《Trends in Organized Crime》2008,11(1):42-58
Organised crime, due to its intricate nature, is a very challenging as well as less accessible research field. Although difficult
to conduct a methodical research on this topic, organised crime, nevertheless, offers a unique opportunity to utilise an interdisciplinary
research methodology. This paper describes (multiple) triangulation as an appropriate method for researching the role of culture
in the advancement of ethnic Albanian organised crime groups in Europe. Triangulation, for the purpose of the described project,
has been used to obtain confirmation of findings through convergence of different perspectives. Interviewing offenders is
one of the research methods more thoroughly explained in this paper. The paper too explores some advantages of snowball technique
used for interviewing less accessible research subjects. It also discusses various dilemmas, security-related or not, researchers
are faced with when intending to interview serious offenders.
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Jana ArsovskaEmail: |
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Trevor Bennett Katy Holloway David P. Farrington 《Journal of Experimental Criminology》2006,2(4):437-458
Neighborhood watch grew out of a movement in the USA during the late 1960s that promoted greater involvement of citizens in
the prevention of crime. Recent estimates suggest that over a quarter of the UK population and over 40% of the US population
live in areas covered by neighborhood watch schemes. The current paper presents the results of a recent systematic review
of evaluations of neighborhood watch. The main findings of the narrative review were that about half of the schemes evaluated
showed that neighborhood watch was effective in reducing crime, with most of the other evaluations having uncertain effects.
The main findings of the meta-analysis were that 15 of the 18 studies provided evidence that neighborhood watch reduced crime.
While the results of the review are encouraging, it was concluded that more high-quality research needs to be done to help
explain why study variations exist.
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David P. Farrington |
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The Silence of the Lambdas: Deterring Incapacitation Research 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
This essay provides an economist’s perspective on criminological research into incapacitation effects on crime. Our central
argument is that criminologists would do well to substantially scale back the enterprise of trying to estimate the various
behavioral parameters central to a micro-level approach to measuring incapacitation effects, including the annual rate of
offending outside of prison (λ) and the lengths of criminal careers. One problem with this line of research is practical:
for example, mean estimates of self-reported criminal activity by incarcerated prisoners are quite sensitive to reports by
the most criminally active offenders. But the larger concern is conceptual—the incapacitation effects from a given change
in sentencing policy may be undermined by the possibility of replacement effects, and at the same time omit other benefits
that may arise from deterrent effects on crime. A more promising approach is to identify plausibly exogenous changes in sentencing
policy in order to estimate the net impact on crime from the combined effects of incapacitation, deterrence and replacement.
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Jens LudwigEmail: |
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Simulation for Theory Testing and Experimentation: An Example Using Routine Activity Theory and Street Robbery 总被引:4,自引:1,他引:3
Elizabeth R. Groff 《Journal of Quantitative Criminology》2007,23(2):75-103
Achieving a better understanding of the crime event in its spatio-temporal context is an important research area in criminology
with major implications for improving policy and developing effective crime prevention strategies. However, significant barriers
related to data and methods exist for conducting this type of research. The research requires micro-level data about individual
behavior that is difficult to obtain and methods capable of modeling the dynamic, spatio-temporal interaction of offenders,
victims, and potential guardians at the micro level. This paper presents simulation modeling as a method for addressing these
challenges. Specifically, agent-based modeling, when integrated with geographic information systems, offers the ability to
model individual behavior within a real environment. The method is demonstrated by operationalizing and testing routine activity
theory as it applies to the crime of street robbery. Model results indicate strong support for the basic premise of routine
activity theory; as time spent away from home increases, crime will increase. The strength of the method is in providing a
research platform for translating theory into models that can be discussed, shared, tested and enhanced with the goal of building
scientific knowledge.
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Elizabeth R. GroffEmail: |
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Hazel Croall 《Crime, Law and Social Change》2009,51(1):127-146
Consumers have long been recognized as one of the major groups of victims of white collar and corporate crime, although many
of the activities which harm them are not widely regarded as ‘crime’. They tend to attract less publicity, and have been subject
to less academic research, particularly in comparison with major financial frauds or cases involving mass harms. Moreover,
there has been a tendency to view consumers as a relatively undifferentiated group, all of whom are likely to be victimized.
This article identifies a wide range of crimes which affect consumers and explores some of the characteristics of victims
and offenders, arguing that while all consumers are at risk, the impact of consumer crime, like other forms of crime, reflects
wider patterns of structural inequality and falls most severely on the most disadvantaged.
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Hazel CroallEmail: |
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Robert Apel Shawn D. Bushway Raymond Paternoster Robert Brame Gary Sweeten 《Journal of Quantitative Criminology》2008,24(4):337-362
On the basis of prior research findings that employed youth, and especially intensively employed youth, have higher rates
of delinquent behavior and lower academic achievement, scholars have called for limits on the maximum number of hours per
week that teenagers are allowed to work. We use the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to assess the claim that employment
and work hours are causally related to adolescent problem behavior. We utilize a change model with age-graded child labor
laws governing the number of hours per week allowed during the school year as instrumental variables. We find that these work
laws lead to additional number of hours worked by youth, which then lead to increased high school dropout but decreased delinquency.
Although counterintuitive, this result is consistent with existing evidence about the effect of employment on crime for adults
and the impact of dropout on youth crime.
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Gary SweetenEmail: |
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The problem of corporate crime rates has been the subject of debate, speculation and operationalization for decades, largely
stemming from the complexity of measuring this type of crime. Examining corporate environmental crime poses challenges and creates opportunities for advancing the discussion of corporate crime rates, but criminologists
are less familiar with environmental data. In the current paper, we review the strengths and weaknesses of existing environmental
data that can be used to construct the components of an environmental crime rate. We also present a corporate environmental
crime rate derived from data on violations of the Clean Water Act and describe problems with using it in real world data.
Implications for theory, practice and future research are discussed.
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Carole Gibbs (Corresponding author)Email: |
Sally S. SimpsonEmail: |
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With prisons in the UK reaching full capacity, and with similar trends in other European countries and the USA, there is much
political debate about the efficacy of prison and community sentences. This paper aims to inform this debate by testing the
hypothesis that prisons are an effective and efficient way of reducing re-offending. A rapid review of effectiveness studies
was performed to determine the relative impact of prison and community sentences on re-offending. An economic analysis was
undertaken to transform the estimates of effect into estimates of the economic efficiency of alternative sentencing options
in the context of the UK. When compared with standard prison sentences, a number of community-based interventions and enhancements
of standard prison sentences were found to save money, both for the public sector and for society more broadly. Diverting
adult offenders from standard prison sentences to alternative interventions saves the UK public sector between £19,000 and
£88,000 per offender. When victim costs are considered, diverting offenders from standard prison sentences saves UK society
between £17,500 and £203,000 per offender. It was concluded that standard prison sentences are not an economically efficient
means for reducing re-offending.
Kevin Marsh Kevin Marsh is head of economics at The Matrix Knowledge Group (TMKG), London. He completed his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Bath, UK, specialising in monetary techniques for valuing environmental resources. Following a year at the Social Disadvantage Research Centre, Oxford University, Kevin joined TMKG in 2003. His research interests include the economic evaluation of public policy, in particular criminal justice and public health interventions. Chris Fox Chris Fox is a Principal Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK. He specialises in evaluations of social policy, with a particular focus on criminal justice and crime reduction. He is Joint Editor of Safer Communities, a journal for crime reduction and community justice practitioners. He is a trustee of Community Service Volunteers (CSV), the UK's largest volunteering and training organisation. 相似文献
Kevin MarshEmail: |
Kevin Marsh Kevin Marsh is head of economics at The Matrix Knowledge Group (TMKG), London. He completed his Ph.D. in Economics at the University of Bath, UK, specialising in monetary techniques for valuing environmental resources. Following a year at the Social Disadvantage Research Centre, Oxford University, Kevin joined TMKG in 2003. His research interests include the economic evaluation of public policy, in particular criminal justice and public health interventions. Chris Fox Chris Fox is a Principal Lecturer in Criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK. He specialises in evaluations of social policy, with a particular focus on criminal justice and crime reduction. He is Joint Editor of Safer Communities, a journal for crime reduction and community justice practitioners. He is a trustee of Community Service Volunteers (CSV), the UK's largest volunteering and training organisation. 相似文献
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Paul-Philippe Paré Richard B. Felson Marc Ouimet 《Journal of Quantitative Criminology》2007,23(3):243-258
We use data from the Province of Quebec to examine how the characteristics of a crime and the community context in which it
occurs affect the likelihood that it will be cleared by the police. Based on a sample of 362,295 crime incidents clustered
in 93 communities, multilevel analyses reveal that the police are more likely to clear crimes in small communities than in
large urban areas and in communities with greater levels of poverty. Workload is not very important, having only a slight
effect on the clearance of misdemeanors. The fact that offenders are much more likely to evade the law in some communities
than others may have important implications for deterrence. Two methods to improve the evaluation of police departments at
crime clearance are also proposed.
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Paul-Philippe ParéEmail: |
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Wendy Povitsky Stickle Nadine M. Connell Denise M. Wilson Denise Gottfredson 《Journal of Experimental Criminology》2008,4(2):137-163
Teen Court (TC) is a juvenile diversion program designed to prevent the formal processing of first-time juvenile offenders
within the juvenile justice system. TC instead utilizes informal processing and sanctions in order to prevent future offending.
Despite its widespread popularity throughout the United States of America, little rigorous research has been conducted on
the effectiveness of the TC model for reducing recidivism. Using an experimental design, this study examined the effectiveness
of TC in reducing recidivism and improving the attitudes and opinions of juvenile offenders in comparison with a control group
of youth who were formally processed. Self-reported delinquency was higher for those youth who participated in TC. TC youth
were also found to have significantly lower scores on a scale of belief in conventional rules than had youth who were processed
in the Department of Juveniles Services. Implications of these findings are discussed.
Wendy Povitsky Stickle is a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency and delinquency prevention. Currently, Stickle is examining the effects of co-offending on trajectories of offending and is investigating the risk factors associated with weapon carrying in schools. Nadine M. Connell is an assistant professor at Rowan University in the Department of Law and Justice Studies. Her research interests include program and policy evaluation, the social dynamics of group behavior, and capital punishment. Connell has worked with the Capital Jury Project as well as several juvenile delinquency prevention initiatives. She is currently involved in an evaluation of the efficacy of school based programs on student bullying and adolescent ATOD use in the state of New Jersey. Denise M. Wilson is a Ph.D. graduate student at the University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency, prevention and corrections. She is currently working on data analysis of a randomized experiment testing the effects of after-school programs on adolescent development. Denise C. Gottfredson is a professor at the University of Maryland Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. Her research interests include delinquency and delinquency prevention, and particularly the effects of school environments on youth behavior. Gottfredson has conducted randomized experiments to test the effectiveness of the Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court, the Strengthening Families Program, and is currently directing a randomized trial of the effects of after school programs on the development of problem behavior. 相似文献
Wendy Povitsky StickleEmail: |
Wendy Povitsky Stickle is a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency and delinquency prevention. Currently, Stickle is examining the effects of co-offending on trajectories of offending and is investigating the risk factors associated with weapon carrying in schools. Nadine M. Connell is an assistant professor at Rowan University in the Department of Law and Justice Studies. Her research interests include program and policy evaluation, the social dynamics of group behavior, and capital punishment. Connell has worked with the Capital Jury Project as well as several juvenile delinquency prevention initiatives. She is currently involved in an evaluation of the efficacy of school based programs on student bullying and adolescent ATOD use in the state of New Jersey. Denise M. Wilson is a Ph.D. graduate student at the University of Maryland Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Her research interests include juvenile delinquency, prevention and corrections. She is currently working on data analysis of a randomized experiment testing the effects of after-school programs on adolescent development. Denise C. Gottfredson is a professor at the University of Maryland Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. Her research interests include delinquency and delinquency prevention, and particularly the effects of school environments on youth behavior. Gottfredson has conducted randomized experiments to test the effectiveness of the Baltimore City Drug Treatment Court, the Strengthening Families Program, and is currently directing a randomized trial of the effects of after school programs on the development of problem behavior. 相似文献
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The rapid economic growth in China over recent decades has been accompanied by higher levels of crime, but there have been
few studies of the Chinese experience of criminal victimization. A recent victimization survey of a representative sample
of households in Tianjin represents a major effort to fill this gap in the literature. The present paper reviews the research
based on the Tianjin survey along with other studies of crime and criminal victimization in China that have been published
since 1990. We summarize the major findings, discuss the theoretical perspectives and methodological strategies that have
been applied, identify the limitations of the research to date, and offer suggestions for future research.
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Yue Zhuo (Corresponding author)Email: |
Steven F. MessnerEmail: |
Lening ZhangEmail: |