The recently published study by Fredrik Sivertsson, Christoffer Carlsson, Ylva B Almquist, and Lars Brännström explores heterogeneity in the aggregate age-crime curve. By utilizing The Stockholm Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study, the researchers are able to analyze how individuals cluster together to form different trajectories of offending from age 9 to 64. These results are discussed in comparison to dominant developmental and life-course criminological theories.
Highlights
There is strong heterogeneity in the age-crime curve at the individual level.
A small group exceeds all others in offending from childhood to late adulthood.
There is heterogeneity in offending trajectories among adult-onset offenders.
Offending trajectories are remarkably similar between males and females.
Publication details
Sivertsson, F., Carlsson, C., Almquist, Y. B., & Brännström L. (2024). Offending trajectories from childhood to retirement age: Findings from the Stockholm birth cohort study. Journal of Criminal Justice, 91:102155.