Bianca E Bersani
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 651979 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Bianca E Bersani |
| PRENOMES | Bianca E |
| SOBRENOME | Bersani |
| ASSINATURA | BERSANI B E |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6224-528X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 146 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Assimilating into Crime? Explaining the Generational Disparity in Immigrant Offending
The generational disparity in immigrant offending reflects two trends: low rates of offending among first-generation immigrants, and the rise in offending among the second generation. Though research identifies several predictors of offending across generations, there is less evidence for which mechanisms drive the rise among the second generation. Hypotheses are drawn from prominent theories of the generational disparity that highlight either th…
Estimating the Effect of Developmentally Informed Justice on the Probability and Length of Custodial Experience
Raise the Age (RtA) is a policy designed to limit adolescent exposure to the adult justice system by redirecting older adolescents into the juvenile justice system. The operating assumption of this policy is that older adolescents will encounter a more developmentally appropriate experience in the juvenile justice system. Using data from Massachusetts and a difference-in-differences estimator comparing the experience of affected 17-year-olds to u…
The Politics of Crime, Punishment and Justice
The life course paradigm brought a focus on continuity and change in offending across the entire life span to criminology. Early research evolved to capture individual-level variation and the events, experiences and opportunities that functioned to spur change and alter behavioural trajectories. Though the notion that ‘lives change in a changing society’ (Elder et al. 1994: 11) is fundamental to the life course paradigm, the principle of historic…
Does Early Adolescent Arrest Alter the Developmental Course of Offending into Young Adulthood
Immigrant Disparities in Suicide Ideation
Criminology and Public Policy
Though perhaps true of criminology when the first edition of Criminology and Public Policy: Putting Theory to Work was published, the significance of bridging theory and policy is no longer an afte
What Protects Those at High Risk from Criminal Justice Contact Despite the Odds? A Negative Case Analysis
Criminal justice contact is a prevalent, if not expected, life event for many high-risk individuals with deleterious consequences; yet, many individuals at high risk are able to avoid this contact (i.e. negative cases exist). In this study, we draw on the life course framework and utilize negative case analysis to (1) estimate the prevalence of criminal justice avoidance within a sample of structurally high-risk Black men and (2) explore the indi…
Investigating the Offending Histories of Undocumented Immigrants
This study investigates the association between undocumented immigration and crime among youthful offenders. Using official record and self-reported offending measures collected across seven-waves of data from the longitudinal Crossroads Study, the prevalence and variety of offending are compared for undocumented immigrant, documented immigrant, and US-born groups during the transition into young adulthood. Results suggest that, as compared to do…
Desistance from Offending in the Twenty-First Century
After decades of relative obscurity, research on desistance from offending has experienced an exponential, and much warranted, escalation in attention. This precipitous growth is motivated by the timely alignment of theory, data, and method that characterized the opening of the twenty-first century. Despite the growth of the field, fundamental questions remain. This chapter provides a focused review of key twenty-first-century theoretical and met…
The Oxford Handbook of Criminological Theory
Marriage and Offending
Although research shows that involvement in crime varies across immigrant generations, less is known about why this is so. Using 13 waves of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 data, we examine the influence of marriage—a key correlate of desistance from crime—to understand more fully patterns of offending across immigrant generations during the transition to adulthood. Results indicate a lower prevalence of offending among first-generatio…
Maturation to Adulthood and Crime
This entry reviews leading research on the relationship between the maturation to adulthood and crime. It highlights biological and neurological perspectives and then outlines sociological work on the role of life events and cognitive shifts. Research positioned at the intersection of biology and sociology is also reviewed. The entry concludes by discussing what this research implies about the way young offenders are handled in the criminal justi…
An Examination of First and Second Generation Immigrant Offending Trajectories
The myth of the criminal immigrant has permeated public and political debate for much of this nation's history and persists despite growing evidence to the contrary. Crime concerns are increasingly aimed at the indirect impact of immigration on crime highlighting the criminal pursuits of the children of immigrants. Adding to extant knowledge on the immigration-crime nexus, this research asks whether immigrants are differentially involved in crime…
County‐Level Correlates of Terrorist Attacks in the United States
Research Summary We develop a set of hypotheses informed by a social disorganization framework and test them using newly available data on nearly 600 terrorist attacks in U.S. counties from 1990 to 2011. Our results show that terrorist attacks were more common in counties characterized by greater language diversity, a larger proportion of foreign‐born residents, greater residential instability, and a higher percentage of urban residents. Contrary…
Comparing Patterns and Predictors of Immigrant Offending Among a Sample of Adjudicated Youth
When the Ties That Bind Unwind
Despite the continued growth of research demonstrating that marriage promotes desistance from crime, efforts aimed at understanding the mechanisms driving this effect are limited. Several theories propose to explain why we observe a reduction in offending after marriage including identity changes, strengthened attachments, reduced opportunities, and changes to routine activities. Although mechanisms are hard to measure, we argue that each propose…
Marriage and Desistance from Crime in the Netherlands
A Longitudinal Study of Early Adolescent Precursors to Running Away
Although previous research has examined correlates of running away among samples of currently homeless and runaway adolescents, little is known about what factors will predict the likelihood that a housed adolescent with no prior history of running away will leave home. As such, the current study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine predictors of running away among a diverse sample of housed adolescents ages 12 through 13. Re…
School Failure as an Adolescent Turning Point
Recently, researchers have devoted significant attention to the influence of turning points such as marriage, employment, and military service on criminal desistance in adulthood. Because offending peaks in adolescence, the relative lack of research on influential adolescent turning points is notable. Given the extensive research linking school failure to deleterious adult development, we propose that school failure (late grade retention and scho…
When the Ties That Bind Unwind
Despite the continued growth of research demonstrating that marriage promotes desistance from crime, efforts aimed at understanding the mechanisms driving this effect are limited. Several theories propose to explain why we observe a reduction in offending after marriage including identity changes, strengthened attachments, reduced opportunities, and changes to routine activities. Although mechanisms are hard to measure, we argue that each propose…
Desistance from Offending in the Twenty-First Century
After decades of relative obscurity, research on desistance from offending has experienced an exponential, and much warranted, escalation in attention. This precipitous growth is motivated by the timely alignment of theory, data, and method that characterized the opening of the twenty-first century. Despite the growth of the field, fundamental questions remain. This chapter provides a focused review of key twenty-first-century theoretical and met…
A Longitudinal Study of Early Adolescent Precursors to Running Away
Although previous research has examined correlates of running away among samples of currently homeless and runaway adolescents, little is known about what factors will predict the likelihood that a housed adolescent with no prior history of running away will leave home. As such, the current study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine predictors of running away among a diverse sample of housed adolescents ages 12 through 13. Re…
Comparing Patterns and Predictors of Immigrant Offending Among a Sample of Adjudicated Youth
County‐Level Correlates of Terrorist Attacks in the United States
Research Summary We develop a set of hypotheses informed by a social disorganization framework and test them using newly available data on nearly 600 terrorist attacks in U.S. counties from 1990 to 2011. Our results show that terrorist attacks were more common in counties characterized by greater language diversity, a larger proportion of foreign‐born residents, greater residential instability, and a higher percentage of urban residents. Contrary…
School Failure as an Adolescent Turning Point
Recently, researchers have devoted significant attention to the influence of turning points such as marriage, employment, and military service on criminal desistance in adulthood. Because offending peaks in adolescence, the relative lack of research on influential adolescent turning points is notable. Given the extensive research linking school failure to deleterious adult development, we propose that school failure (late grade retention and scho…
Does Early Adolescent Arrest Alter the Developmental Course of Offending into Young Adulthood
The Oxford Handbook of Criminological Theory
School Failure as an Adolescent Turning Point
Recently, researchers have devoted significant attention to the influence of turning points such as marriage, employment, and military service on criminal desistance in adulthood. Because offending peaks in adolescence, the relative lack of research on influential adolescent turning points is notable. Given the extensive research linking school failure to deleterious adult development, we propose that school failure (late grade retention and scho…
A Longitudinal Study of Early Adolescent Precursors to Running Away
Although previous research has examined correlates of running away among samples of currently homeless and runaway adolescents, little is known about what factors will predict the likelihood that a housed adolescent with no prior history of running away will leave home. As such, the current study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to examine predictors of running away among a diverse sample of housed adolescents ages 12 through 13. Re…
Marriage and Desistance from Crime in the Netherlands
When the Ties That Bind Unwind
Despite the continued growth of research demonstrating that marriage promotes desistance from crime, efforts aimed at understanding the mechanisms driving this effect are limited. Several theories propose to explain why we observe a reduction in offending after marriage including identity changes, strengthened attachments, reduced opportunities, and changes to routine activities. Although mechanisms are hard to measure, we argue that each propose…
Maturation to Adulthood and Crime
This entry reviews leading research on the relationship between the maturation to adulthood and crime. It highlights biological and neurological perspectives and then outlines sociological work on the role of life events and cognitive shifts. Research positioned at the intersection of biology and sociology is also reviewed. The entry concludes by discussing what this research implies about the way young offenders are handled in the criminal justi…
An Examination of First and Second Generation Immigrant Offending Trajectories
The myth of the criminal immigrant has permeated public and political debate for much of this nation's history and persists despite growing evidence to the contrary. Crime concerns are increasingly aimed at the indirect impact of immigration on crime highlighting the criminal pursuits of the children of immigrants. Adding to extant knowledge on the immigration-crime nexus, this research asks whether immigrants are differentially involved in crime…
County‐Level Correlates of Terrorist Attacks in the United States
Research Summary We develop a set of hypotheses informed by a social disorganization framework and test them using newly available data on nearly 600 terrorist attacks in U.S. counties from 1990 to 2011. Our results show that terrorist attacks were more common in counties characterized by greater language diversity, a larger proportion of foreign‐born residents, greater residential instability, and a higher percentage of urban residents. Contrary…
Comparing Patterns and Predictors of Immigrant Offending Among a Sample of Adjudicated Youth
Marriage and Offending
Although research shows that involvement in crime varies across immigrant generations, less is known about why this is so. Using 13 waves of National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 data, we examine the influence of marriage—a key correlate of desistance from crime—to understand more fully patterns of offending across immigrant generations during the transition to adulthood. Results indicate a lower prevalence of offending among first-generatio…
The Oxford Handbook of Criminological Theory
Desistance from Offending in the Twenty-First Century
After decades of relative obscurity, research on desistance from offending has experienced an exponential, and much warranted, escalation in attention. This precipitous growth is motivated by the timely alignment of theory, data, and method that characterized the opening of the twenty-first century. Despite the growth of the field, fundamental questions remain. This chapter provides a focused review of key twenty-first-century theoretical and met…
Investigating the Offending Histories of Undocumented Immigrants
This study investigates the association between undocumented immigration and crime among youthful offenders. Using official record and self-reported offending measures collected across seven-waves of data from the longitudinal Crossroads Study, the prevalence and variety of offending are compared for undocumented immigrant, documented immigrant, and US-born groups during the transition into young adulthood. Results suggest that, as compared to do…
Immigrant Disparities in Suicide Ideation
Criminology and Public Policy
Though perhaps true of criminology when the first edition of Criminology and Public Policy: Putting Theory to Work was published, the significance of bridging theory and policy is no longer an afte
What Protects Those at High Risk from Criminal Justice Contact Despite the Odds? A Negative Case Analysis
Criminal justice contact is a prevalent, if not expected, life event for many high-risk individuals with deleterious consequences; yet, many individuals at high risk are able to avoid this contact (i.e. negative cases exist). In this study, we draw on the life course framework and utilize negative case analysis to (1) estimate the prevalence of criminal justice avoidance within a sample of structurally high-risk Black men and (2) explore the indi…
Does Early Adolescent Arrest Alter the Developmental Course of Offending into Young Adulthood
The Politics of Crime, Punishment and Justice
The life course paradigm brought a focus on continuity and change in offending across the entire life span to criminology. Early research evolved to capture individual-level variation and the events, experiences and opportunities that functioned to spur change and alter behavioural trajectories. Though the notion that ‘lives change in a changing society’ (Elder et al. 1994: 11) is fundamental to the life course paradigm, the principle of historic…
Assimilating into Crime? Explaining the Generational Disparity in Immigrant Offending
The generational disparity in immigrant offending reflects two trends: low rates of offending among first-generation immigrants, and the rise in offending among the second generation. Though research identifies several predictors of offending across generations, there is less evidence for which mechanisms drive the rise among the second generation. Hypotheses are drawn from prominent theories of the generational disparity that highlight either th…
Estimating the Effect of Developmentally Informed Justice on the Probability and Length of Custodial Experience
Raise the Age (RtA) is a policy designed to limit adolescent exposure to the adult justice system by redirecting older adolescents into the juvenile justice system. The operating assumption of this policy is that older adolescents will encounter a more developmentally appropriate experience in the juvenile justice system. Using data from Massachusetts and a difference-in-differences estimator comparing the experience of affected 17-year-olds to u…
Psychology (16 obras) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (13 obras) · Criminology (13 obras) · Political science (12 obras) · Sociology (12 obras) · Law (10 obras) · Homelessness and Social Issues (9 obras) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (8 obras) · Developmental psychology (7 obras) · Life course approach (7 obras)