THE STABILITY OF CRIMINAL POTENTIAL FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD
THE STABILITY OF CRIMINAL POTENTIAL FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1745-9125.1992.tb01104.x
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发表时间：
1992-05-01
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影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
FARRINGTON, DP
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作者：
NAGIN, DS;FARRINGTON, DP
本文探讨了两种不同的解释，以及有据可查的积极关联之间的过去和未来的犯罪行为。一是先前的参与具有真正的行为影响，增加了未来参与的可能性。第二，在整个人口中，犯罪潜力存在稳定的、无法衡量的差异。许多犯罪的一般理论都可以解释为提出了这些解释之一。基于对跟踪男性样本超过20年的面板数据集的分析，结果表明，积极的关联在很大程度上归因于稳定的，不可测量的个体差异。
This paper examines two alternative interpretations of the well-documented positive association between past and future criminal behavior. One is that prior participation has a genuine behavioral impact that increases the likelihood of future participation. The second is that there are stable, unmeasured differences in criminal potential across the population. Many general theories of crime can be interpreted as suggesting one of these interpretations. Based on an analysis of a panel data set that tracks a sample of males for over 20 years, the results suggest that the positive association is largely attributable to stable, unmeasured individual differences.