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Ofending frequency and responses to illegal monetary incentives
(Springer, 2021-02-02)
Objectives
We examine how responsive offenders are to illegal monetary incentives. We draw from rational choice theory, prospect theory, and models of labor supply to develop expectations regarding the relationship between ...
Friends with(out) benefits : Co-offending and re-arrest
(Taylor and Francis, 2013)
Research shows that co-offending has contradictory effects on rates of re-arrest. On
the one hand, group offending may be riskier: for example, co-offenders might be targeted by
police or might snitch to protect themselves. ...
Co-occurrence of violence on the severity of abuse in intimate relationships
(Sage, 2021-12-30)
Several empirical studies have shown that women who experience violence in intimate personal relationships (IPV) commonly experience more than one form of violence. While it is recognized that individual trajectories of ...
Got assistance? : profit-driven criminal careers and assisted desistance
(SAGE, 2022-06-20)
Research on assisted desistance has not considered the influence of criminal-involvement factors on the receptivity to assistance. Although most crimes committed are motivated by the prospect of gain, current knowledge on ...
The intangible benefits of criminal mentorship
(Routledge, 2022-04-24)
Individuals who report having had a mentor also tend to report higher levels of criminal achievement. However, prior studies focused on indirect yet tangible outcomes of mentorship, telling us little about the direct – ...
Only a matter of time? The role of criminal competence in avoiding arrest
(Taylor and Francis, 2016-08-17)
While prior research has shown that the probability of detection plays a role in the decision-making of many offenders, much less is known on offenders’ relative success in avoiding arrest. In this study, we draw from ...
Aggressive incidents inside a Montreal barroom involving patrons, barmaids and bouncers : a micro level examination of routine activity theory
(Springer, 2015)
Objectives: This article further examines the phenomenon of aggression inside barrooms by relying on the
“bouncer-ethnographer” methodology. The objective is to investigate variations in aggression through time and
space ...
Fold, check, hit me! Impact of lifestyle on the trajectories of problem gamblers
(Springer, 2018-12)
Several studies have demonstrated the intermittent nature of problematic gambling behaviours. Despite the upsurge in research in this area, few studies have examined the dynamics of gambling behaviour or the factors ...
Stop and go : explaining the timing of intermittency cycles in criminal trajectories
(SAGE, 2018-01-22)
Few offenders maintain a linear or constant path in their criminal activities; instead, zigzag paths characterize most criminal careers. The present study seeks to understand the dynamics of such intermittent cycles and ...
Walking into the sunset : how criminal achievement shapes the desistance process
(SAGE, 2020-04-02)
According to the criminal career paradigm, the link between past and future criminal activities is
important and the desistance process may vary for individuals whose criminal trajectories were
punctuated by failure ...