Violent recidivism and chronicity in the 1958 Philadelphia cohort |
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Authors: | Piper Elizabeth S. |
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Affiliation: | (1) URSA Institute, China Basin Suite 6600, 185 Berry Street, 94107 San Francisco, California |
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Abstract: | In the present study the relationship between chronicity and violent recidivism is analyzed using longitudinal data from the 1958 Philadelphia cohort. The data reaffirm prior research findings that a small cadre of offenders commits the majority of crimes which involve serious harm to the community, yet it was found that the violent offenders accounted for a large share of the more serious index offenses. In addition, among violent delinquents there is a greater proportion of chronic offenders than among nonviolent delinquents. Chronic offenders were more likely than nonchronic offenders to repeat a violent offense. Violent recidivists also committed a large proportion of nonviolent index offenses. One might imply from the results of this study that a policy of selective incapacitation of high-rate offenders would substantially reduce the amount of violent crime as well as nonviolent crime. |
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Keywords: | violent delinquent recidivism chronicity offense severity selective incapacitation |
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