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Predicting Violence in Merseyside: a Network-Based Approach Using No Demographic Information
PurposeWe explore how we can best predict violent attacks with injury using a limited set of information on (a) previous violence, (b) previous knife...
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Beyond the Situation: Hanging Out with Peers now is Associated with Short-Term Mindsets Later
It is well-established that unstructured unsupervised socializing with peers (UUS) motivates deviance while in that specific context. In this...
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Recognising the Relationships Between Trauma and Offending
Trauma is the distressing impact of adverse events and experiences across a person's life, particularly on an individual’s psychological and...
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Empirical Examination of Factors that Influence Official Decisions in Criminal Cases Against Police Officers
In the current paper, we examine departmental and court decision-making in criminal cases against police officers. The study has two objectives: 1)...
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A comparison of younger and older burglars undertaking virtual burglaries: the development of skill and automaticity
ObjectivesThe study examines the development of offence-related expertise over time and age in a sample of convicted burglars.
MethodsA...
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More than “male” and “female”: the role of gender identity in white-collar offending intentions
The gender gap in white-collar crime perpetration is well-established, yet reasons for women’s underrepresentation among this offending group remain...
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Cohort Profile: The Woodlawn Study
The Woodlawn Study is an epidemiologically- defined community cohort study of 1242 Black Americans (51% female and 49% male), who were in first grade...
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Evaluating police drug diversion in England: protocol for a realist evaluation
There is increasing international interest in the use of police drug diversion schemes that offer people suspected of minor drug-related offences an...
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Risk Factors for Youth Offending and Recidivism
This chapter reviews knowledge about risk factors for juvenile delinquency and juvenile recidivism. In understanding “how and why individuals exceed...
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Introduction to Criminal Careers
The study of criminal careers has been the focus of a long line of research dating back to the early nineteenth century. Despite this rich history,...
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Cohort Profile: the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study (CSYS)
Founded in 1935, the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study (CSYS) is a randomized controlled experiment of a delinquency prevention intervention, with an...
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The Impact of Cumulative Risk on Criminal Behavior Across the Life Course
Individuals are differentially exposed to risk factors and the causes of criminal behavior vary from person to person. Evidence supports the idea...
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Trauma and Violent Misconduct Among Incarcerated Juveniles: the Mediating Role of Mental Health
Though most research focuses on antisocial behavior that occurs outside of correctional institutions, it is also important to understand the etiology...
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The Place of Risk Within Child First Justice: An Exploration of the Perspectives of Youth Justice Practitioners
In recent years, there has been a shift in youth justice central policy narratives in England and Wales away from the risk factor prevention paradigm...
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Prosocial Attitudes of Juvenile Males as Predictors of Desistance Post-Release
This study explores how prosocial attitudes, including self-efficacy, locus of control, and readiness for change, may predict desistance across...
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The co-offender as counterfactual: a quasi-experimental within-partnership approach to the examination of the relationship between race and arrest
ObjectivesEstimate the relationship between race and arrest within co-offending partnerships using a quasi-experimental framework. More specifically,...
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Juvenile Recidivism: An Examination of State Measurement Strategies
Scholars, practitioners, and policymakers have called for greater uniformity in state juvenile justice systems’ operationalizations of juvenile...
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Trauma-Informed Sentencing
Sentencing is the process of determining an appropriate sanction in response to proven criminal behaviour based on the law, the context, and the...
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Cohort Profile: The Incarcerated Serious and Violent Young Offender Study
In this profile, we describe how the Incarcerated Serious and Violent Young Offender Study (ISVYOS) leveraged detailed administrative data to create...
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Introduction
This edited text explores, analyses and evaluates ‘Child First’—a guiding principle and strategy for understanding children who offend and for...