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Onset Age, Persistence, and Offending Versatility

Comparisons Across Gender

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ID9680152
AuthorsPaul Mazerolle (0000-0002-5894-996X, The University of Queensland, corresponding author), Robert Brame (University of Maryland, College Park), Ray Paternoster (University of Maryland, College Park), Alex R Piquero (0000-0003-4198-4985, Universidad del Noreste), Alex Piquero, Charles W Dean (University of North Carolina at Charlotte), CHARLES DEAN
Year2000
Volume38
Issue4
Pages1143-1172
Publication date2000-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCriminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-9125.2000.tb01417.x
OpenAlexW1982282452
LanguageEN
Citations received55
References cited37

Offending specialization has received considerable attention in past research on criminal careers. Relatively little attention has been given to examining the relationships between various sub‐group differences and the extent to which individuals tend toward specialization or versatility in their criminal careers. In the present analysis, we examine hypotheses derived from Moffitt's recent developmental theory that bear directly on offending specialization. Our analysis examines direct relationships between gender, onset age, persistence and offending specialization as well as the interaction of these influences and offending specialization. Our findings reveal results that are both consistent and inconsistent with Moffitt's dual taxonomy of offending behavior

Criminal behavior · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Persistence (discontinuity · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Psychology

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