Exploring Paradigms of Crime Reduction: An Empirical Longitudinal Study

Keith  Soothill; Mogens N.  Christoffersen; Azhar Hussain; Brian Francis Francis

doi:10.1093/bjc/azp076

Exploring Paradigms of Crime Reduction: An Empirical Longitudinal Study

Keith Soothill, Mogens N. Christoffersen, Azhar Hussain, Brian Francis Francis

Development Economics Research Group (DERG)

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Abstract

Using Danish registers for a 1980 birth cohort of 29,944 males with parental information and following up these cases for 25 years, the study considers four paradigms of crime reduction (parental child rearing, structural factors around adolescence, locality and individual resources). Focusing on offenders with first-time convictions for shoplifting (n=1,989), for burglary (n=1,324) and for violence (n=1,901), all four paradigms made a contribution to risk of first-time offending for all three crimes. The counter-factual analysis indicated that a focus on structural issues within a society may have more widespread benefits, but the assumed causal links need to be further explored. The use of population registers, under controlled conditions, provides an important window on criminal careers.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	British Journal of Criminology
Vol/bind	50
Udgave nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	222-238
ISSN	0007-0955
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azp076
Status	Udgivet - mar. 2010

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