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The Co-evolution of Friendship and Power Relations in a Men's Prison Unit
ConclusionBy conceptualizing social structure as a multidimensional, fluid entity, we identify the unique roles that power and friendship relations  play in recreating the prison social system. We maintain that understanding social structure in prison settings can provide insight into institutional adjustments and post-release expectations. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - October 7, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Accounting for Socio-Economic Context in Quantifying the Attractive and Repellent Influence of Built Environment on Firearms Violence in Multiple Cities
ConclusionsWe find that attractors vary by city and socio-economic status, indicating that the unique underlying environmental context of each city facilitates firearms crime differently. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - October 3, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

The Long-Term Incarceration Consequences of Coming-of-Age in a Crime Boom
ConclusionsThe crime conditions individuals are exposed to during adolescence appear to be pivotal with respect to their long-term connections with the criminal justice system. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - October 2, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

The Impact of Measurement Error in Regression Models Using Police Recorded Crime Rates
ConclusionsThe validity of a large share of the evidence base exploring the effects and consequences of crime is put into question. In interpreting findings from the literature relying on regression models and police recorded crime rates, we urge researchers to consider the biasing effects shown here. Future studies should also anticipate the impact in their findings and employ sensitivity analysis if the expected measurement error induced bias is non-negligible. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - August 27, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Equity in the Police Districting Problem: Balancing Territorial and Racial Fairness in Patrolling Operations
ConclusionsThe results show that the model successfully provides a quantitative evaluation of the trade-off between the criteria and is capable of defining patrolling configurations that are efficient in terms of both racial and territorial fairness. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - August 25, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Location Choice of Snatching Offenders in Chennai City
ConclusionsBy replicating in an Indian context previously published crime location choice findings, our findings support the generality of crime pattern theory. We discuss limitations and make suggestions for future investigations. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - August 25, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Gang Membership and Mental Health During the Transition to Adulthood
ConclusionsTo understand more comprehensively both the short- and long-term consequences of gang joining, scholars of crime and justice must expand their focus to include mental health —not solely as a predictor of group offending but also as its consequence. Future studies should also consider mental health in the context of gang desistance. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - August 25, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Non-random Study Attrition: Assessing Correction Techniques and the Magnitude of Bias in a Longitudinal Study of Reentry from Prison
ConclusionsIt is vital that researchers examine attrition-based selection bias and recognize the implications it has on their data when generating evidence of theoretical, policy, or practical significance. We outline best practices for examining the magnitude of attrition and analyzing longitudinal data affected by sample selection. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - August 25, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Intimate Partner Victimization and Depressive Symptoms: Approaching Causal Inference Using a Longitudinal Twin Design
ConclusionsThe results offer further support for the mental health consequences associated with intimate partner victimization and help strengthen causal inference arguments for the relationship between intimate partner victimization and depressive symptoms later in life. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - August 25, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Measuring the Built Environment with Google Street View and Machine Learning: Consequences for Crime on Street Segments
ConclusionsThe results demonstrate the efficacy of this approach for measuring the built environment. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - August 25, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research

Do Police Body-Worn Cameras Reduce Citizen Fatalities? Results of a Country-Wide Natural Experiment
ConclusionsThe research finds some evidence for BWC effects on citizen fatalities. However, there are important validity threats to this conclusion. These include the possibility that BWC  acquisition serves as a marker for other policy changes focused on BWC-acquiring agencies in the 2013/14 to 2015/16 period and beyond. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - August 25, 2022 Category: Criminology Source Type: research