Ethnicity and Violent Crime: The Ethnic Structure of Networks of Youths Suspected of Violent Offences in Stockholm

Pettersson, Tove

doi:10.1080/14043850310021567

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“…Such a standpoint would be inconsistent with the limited research that exists on co-offending. For example, in his study of youthful offenders in Stockholm, Pettersson (2003) stated that "it seems likely that choices of co-offender are more affected by whom youths come into contact with in the course of their daily lives than by a conscious search for persons" (p. 156). Moreover, the idea of nonredundant networks influencing behavior is not contingent upon agency-one need not actively cultivate the exposure to varied information and opportunities to be influenced by it.…”

Section: Network Redundancymentioning

confidence: 97%

On the Relationship between Co-Offending Network Redundancy and Offending Versatility

McGloin

Piquero

2009

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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The role of criminal, social interactions occupies a central place in criminology, yet minimal research exists on the relationship between co-offender networks and dimensions of offending. Drawing on the social network literature, this investigation hypothesizes that a link exists between the level of redundancy (i.e., the extent of overlap) in an individual’s co-offender network and offending versatility. Relying on longitudinal data for a random sample of delinquents from Philadelphia, this study begins by constructing egocentric co-offending networks for the respondents. Then, using Tobit regression models, it finds that higher levels of co-offender network redundancy (more dense networks) are related to higher levels of specialized offending in group crimes, but no such relationship exists with overall (i.e., solo and group) offending specialization. The discussion considers the implications of these findings and offers suggestions for future research.

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Section: Network Redundancymentioning

confidence: 97%

On the Relationship between Co-Offending Network Redundancy and Offending Versatility

McGloin

Piquero

2009

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

171

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“…Although demographic characteristics are not causes, they could be markers or strongly correlated with causes (Farrington, 2000;Wikström, 2006). Specifically, gender, race, and age may impact who adolescents choose as friends, as well as the qualities and characteristics of these friendships and the extent to which peers influence their own attitudes and behavior (Cairns et al, 1995;Giordano, 2003;Pettersson, 2003;Yanovitzky, 2005). Gender is a dichotomous variable (female = 1).…”

Section: Control Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Delinquency Balance: Revisiting Peer Influence*

2009

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An impressive number of inquiries across an array of methodological specifications has demonstrated that deviant peers are an important correlate of various criminological outcomes, which include within‐ individual change and stability in offending behavior. Still, the causal mechanisms of peer influence arguably remain underdeveloped (Giordano, 2003; Warr, 2002). In an attempt to expand the dialogue on the nature of peer influence, this inquiry proposes that scholars would benefit from considering relative peer deviance in addition to exposure to deviant peers. Specifically, it argues that an imbalance in delinquency between friends helps to explain delinquency change/stability; therefore, exposure to deviant peers is not always risky and exposure to less deviant peers is not always protective. The analysis uses the Add Health data to construct within‐individual and across‐individual (delinquency) difference scores and relies on self‐reports rather than on perceptions for the best friends' delinquency. The results provide support for the premise that adolescents attempt to achieve delinquency “balance” with their best friend by changing behavior, net of raw peer deviance levels (i.e., objective exposure). The findings also suggest that balance is not achieved through selection, given that the deviance gap between the respondent and his or her best friend does not predict friendship stability. The discussion considers these results from a theoretical and empirical perspective and offers several avenues for future research.

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“…To be sure, investigations of co-offending do exist (see Carrington, 2002;Conway and McCord, 2002;McCord and Conway, 2005;Pettersson, 2003;Reiss, 1986Reiss, , 1988Reiss and Farrington, 1991;Sarnecki, 2001Sarnecki, , 2004Suzuki et al, 1994), but much of this literature offers aggregate statements about cross-sectional patterns or broad assessments of change across long time periods. In contrast, approaches that use individualized methods may shed unique insight on offending patterns over the criminal career (Maltz and Mullany, 2000;Nagin, 2005;Sullivan et al, 2006).…”

Section: Stability Of Co-offending and Co-offenders 157mentioning

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Investigating the Stability of Co‐offending and Co‐offenders Among a Sample of Youthful Offenders*

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Scholars have long argued that delinquency is a group phenomenon. Even so, minimal research exists on the nature, structure, and process of co‐offending. This investigation focuses on a particular void, namely the stability of 1) co‐offending and 2) co‐offender selection over time, for which divergent theoretical expectations currently exist that bear on issues central to general and developmental/life‐course theories of crime. By relying on individual‐level, longitudinal data for a sample of juvenile offenders from Philadelphia, we find that distinct trajectories of co‐offending exist over the course of the juvenile criminal career. This inquiry also develops an individualized measure of co‐offender stability, which reveals that delinquents generally tend not to “reuse” co‐offenders, although frequent offenders show a greater propensity to do so. The discussion considers the theoretical and policy implications of these findings as well as provides some avenues for future research.

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Ethnicity and Violent Crime: The Ethnic Structure of Networks of Youths Suspected of Violent Offences in Stockholm

Cited by 28 publications

References 9 publications

On the Relationship between Co-Offending Network Redundancy and Offending Versatility

On the Relationship between Co-Offending Network Redundancy and Offending Versatility

Delinquency Balance: Revisiting Peer Influence*

Investigating the Stability of Co‐offending and Co‐offenders Among a Sample of Youthful Offenders*

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