Selective attrition and the age-crime relationship
Selective attrition and the age-crime relationship
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1023009919637
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发表时间：
2003-06-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Piquero, AR
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作者：
Brame, R;Piquero, AR
犯罪学中最被广泛接受的发现之一是年龄和犯罪之间有很强的曲线关系。研究表明，在青少年时期，犯罪行为的参与率会上升，直到青少年晚期和成年早期的水平，然后在整个生命周期的剩余时间里下降。然而，这些研究中的许多都依赖于横截面或重复横截面的官方记录数据。近年来，研究人员调查了同一个人随着年龄增长而自我报告的犯罪行为的变化，发现在青少年时期，犯罪行为的参与度实际上有所下降。尽管对这一现象有许多可能的解释，但我们探讨了这种下降在多大程度上可以归因于选择性或非随机的面板磨损。
One of the most widely accepted findings in criminology is the strong curvilinear association between age and crime. Studies have indicated that involvement in criminal behavior rises throughout the teenage years until it levels of during the late teenage and early adult years and then declines throughout the remainder of the life span. Many of these studies, however, have relied on cross-sectional or repeated cross-sectional officially recorded data. In recent years, researchers investigating changes in self-reported criminal behavior among the same individuals as they age have discovered that involvement in criminal behavior actually declines during the adolescent years. Although there are a number of possible explanations for this phenomenon, we explore the extent to which this decline can be attributed to selective or non-random panel attrition.