Offending and the Long-Term Risk of Death

An Examination of Mid-Life Mortality Among an Urban Black American Cohort

Bibliographic Data

ID8401935
AuthorsElaine Eggleston Doherty (University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author), Kerry M Green (0000-0002-7146-5783, University of Maryland, College Park)
Year2023
Volume63
Issue5
Pages1108-1128
Publication date2023-08-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjc/azac079
PMID37600929
OpenAlexW4304731606
LanguageEN
References cited60

Research on the long-term relationship between offending and mortality is limited, especially among minorities who have higher risk of premature mortality and criminal offending, particularly arrest. Using Cox proportional hazard models, we estimate the relationship between young adult offending and later mortality (to age 58) among a community cohort of Black Americans (n = 1,182). After controlling for a wide range of covariates, results indicate that violent offenders are at heightened risk of mortality from young adulthood through midlife compared with both non-violent only offenders and non-offenders. Further analysis shows that this result is driven by the frequent, largely non-violent, arrests incurred among violent offenders. Criminal justice reform and collaboration with public health practitioners might be fruitful avenues to reduce mortality disparities

Cohort · Cohort study · Criminal justice · Criminology · Homicide · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Proportional hazards model · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Homelessness and Social Issues · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Surgery · Gerontology

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