Delinquent Phases

The Case of Temporally Intensified Shoplifting Behaviour

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ID8400501
AutoresJanne Kivivuori (0000-0002-3572-0791, autor correspondente)
Ano1998
Volume38
Fascículo4
Páginas663-680
Data de publicação1998-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
EditoraOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjc/38.4.663
OpenAlexW2091716314
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas8

This article examines the prevalence and correlates of shoplifting phases among Finnish adolescents. The data are based on the Finnish Self-Report Delinquency Study (FSRD-96) whose target population consisted of 9th grade (15–16-year-old) students. The identification of phases was based both on behavioural sequences and subjective interpretations. Consequently a shoplifting phase was defined in a relative fashion as a period during which the respondent shoplifted more often than usually. Of the respondents, 23 per cent had experienced at least one such period. The typical (modal) shoplzfting phase began at the age of 13 and ended at the age of 14. It lasted for 26 weeks and amounted to 15 thefts. Among the correlates of phasic shoplifting behaviour were participation in other offences and low level of parental control.

Art · Developmental psychology · Juvenile delinquency · Parental control · Period (music) · Political science · Population · Respondent · Sociology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Demography · Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support