Inequalities and crime
AbstractThe study of inequalities undergirds much of criminology. At times, however, we may take the impact of inequalities for granted and miss opportunities to problematize the strong link between inequalities and crime. In this address, I maintain that it is important to step back and recognize that economic, race, ethnic, gender, and other inequalities are at the core of criminology. More explicit consensus about the centrality of the link between inequalities and crime will allow for our field to speak to the major social and political issues of our time and will strengthen the field. In this address, I highlight some...
Source: Criminology - July 16, 2019 Category: Criminology Authors: Karen Heimer Tags: 2018 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY Source Type: research
Development of impulsivity and risk ‐seeking: Implications for the dimensionality and stability of self‐control*
In this study, we draw on Steinberg's dual systems model, introduced in 2008, to consider this issue further. We examine that model's two key elements of low self‐contr ol—risk‐seeking and impulsivity—to determine whether they are empirically distinguishable from one another and have differing developmental trajectories from childhood to early adulthood. We also consider the consequences of changes in risk‐seeking and impulsivity for within‐individual cha nges in crime. We examine these issues with data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) for individuals from 10 to 30 years old. The res...
Source: Criminology - June 10, 2019 Category: Criminology Authors: Walter Forrest,
Carter Hay,
Alex O. Widdowson,
Michael Rocque Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Taking sides: Gender and third ‐party partisanship in disputes*
AbstractWe examine the role of a norm protecting women in understanding third ‐party partisanship in verbal and violent disputes. Our analyses are based on reports provided by male inmates and men they know who have never been arrested. The results show that third parties are more likely to support female adversaries than male adversaries. The gender effect is stronger when we control for the relational distance between adversaries, which indicates that a privacy norm might inhibit this normative protection. The gender effect is somewhat weaker when we control for the relative physical size of the adversaries, which indi...
Source: Criminology - June 10, 2019 Category: Criminology Authors: Ethan M. Rogers,
Richard B. Felson,
Mark T. Berg,
Andrew Krajewski Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Development of impulsivity and risk ‐seeking: Implications for the dimensionality and stability of self‐control*
In this study, we draw on Steinberg's dual systems model, introduced in 2008, to consider this issue further. We examine that model's two key elements of low self‐contr ol—risk‐seeking and impulsivity—to determine whether they are empirically distinguishable from one another and have differing developmental trajectories from childhood to early adulthood. We also consider the consequences of changes in risk‐seeking and impulsivity for within‐individual cha nges in crime. We examine these issues with data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) for individuals from 10 to 30 years old. The res...
Source: Criminology - June 10, 2019 Category: Criminology Authors: Walter Forrest,
Carter Hay,
Alex O. Widdowson,
Michael Rocque Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Consequences of mental and physical health for reentry and recidivism: Toward a health ‐based model of desistance*
AbstractDuring the last few decades, criminologists have identified several adult roles and statuses, including employment, positive family relations, and economic stability, as critical for promoting successful reintegration and desistance. Very few researchers, however, have investigated the conditions that serve to bring about these transitions and successes crucial for behavior change. As a complement to a burgeoning amount of literature on the impact of incarceration on health, we emphasize the reverse: Health has important implications for reentry outcomes and reincarceration. Informed by multiple disciplines, we adv...
Source: Criminology - June 9, 2019 Category: Criminology Authors: Nathan W. Link,
Jeffrey T. Ward,
Richard Stansfield Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Policing through subsidized firepower: An assessment of rational choice and minority threat explanations of police participation in the 1033 program*
Criminology, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 369-372, May 2019. (Source: Criminology)
Source: Criminology - May 16, 2019 Category: Criminology Tags: CORRIGENDUM Source Type: research
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Criminology, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 181-184, May 2019. (Source: Criminology)
Source: Criminology - May 16, 2019 Category: Criminology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
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Criminology, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 185-188, May 2019. (Source: Criminology)
Source: Criminology - May 16, 2019 Category: Criminology Tags: REVIEWERS LIST Source Type: research
Neighborhood immigrant concentration and violent crime reporting to the police: A multilevel analysis of data from the National Crime Victimization Survey*
AbstractUsing data from the Area ‐Identified National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), we provide a national assessment of the impact of neighborhood immigrant concentration on whether violence is reported to the police. By drawing on multiple theoretical perspectives, we outline how the level of violence reporting could be hig her or lower in immigrant neighborhoods, as well as how this may depend on individual race/ethnicity and the history of immigration in the county in which immigrant neighborhoods are located. Controlling for both individual‐ and neighborhood‐level conditions, our findings indicate that withi...
Source: Criminology - May 16, 2019 Category: Criminology Authors: Min Xie,
Eric P. Baumer Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Reimagining Sutherland 80 years after white ‐collar crime*
AbstractEighty years ago, Edwin H. Sutherland conceptualized and defined white ‐collar crime. In this article, I engage retrospectively with Sutherland's ideas and work to emphasize important aspects that continue to guide research today; to note where he was prescient as well as shortsighted. I center this discussion around “corporate crime” or crimes by business. Four main themes are discussed: 1) law and official responses to corporate offending—the data problem, 2) corporate crime and the life cycle of organizations, 3) psychological and trait‐based explanations, and 4) consequences of definitional ambiguity....
Source: Criminology - May 16, 2019 Category: Criminology Authors: Sally S. Simpson Tags: THE 2018 SUTHERLAND ADDRESS Source Type: research
Putting a price on drugs: An economic sociological study of price formation in illegal drug markets
AbstractPrices in illegal drug markets are difficult to predict. Based on qualitative interviews with 68 incarcerated drug dealers in Norway, we explore dealers ’ perspectives on fair prices and the processes that influence their pricing decisions. Synthesized through economic sociology, we draw on perspectives from traditions as different as behavioral economics and cultural analysis to demonstrate how participants in illicit drug distribution base their pricing decisions on institutional context, social networks, and drug market cultures. We find that dealers take institutional constraints into consideration and search...
Source: Criminology - May 16, 2019 Category: Criminology Authors: Kim Moeller,
Sveinung Sandberg Tags: ARTICLE Source Type: research
Policing through subsidized firepower: An assessment of rational choice and minority threat explanations of police participation in the 1033 program*
Criminology, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 369-372, May 2019. (Source: Criminology)
Source: Criminology - May 16, 2019 Category: Criminology Tags: CORRIGENDUM Source Type: research
Issue Information
Criminology, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 181-184, May 2019. (Source: Criminology)
Source: Criminology - May 16, 2019 Category: Criminology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research
