Not (Entirely) Guilty: The Role of Co-offenders in Diffusing Responsibility for Crime

Rowan, Z.; Kan, Emily; Frick, Paul J.; Cauffman, Elizabeth

doi:10.1177/00224278211046256

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“…The differing and conflicting types of expertise, human versus artificial systems, and the failure to capture important information diminish the level of responsibility and accountability for personal deeds and contributions felt by individuals (Wegner, 1986). Not to mention the group size, indefinitely in the 4th Space settings, that is indicated as one of the key factors for decreasing the sense of individual responsibility (Latané, Nida, 1981;Rowan, Kan, Frick, Cauffman, 2021).…”

Section: The Morality In the 4th Spacementioning

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Modern Forms of Surveillance and Control

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2022

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In todays advanced society, there is rising concern for data privacy and the diminution thereof on the internet. I argue from the position that for one to enjoy privacy, one must be able to effectively exercise autonomous action. I offer in this paper a survey of the many ways in which persons autonomy is severely limited due to a variety of privacy invasions that come not only through the use of modern technological apparatuses, but as well simply by existing in an advanced technological society. I conclude that regarding the majority of persons whose privacy is violated, such a violations are actually initiated and upheld by the users of modern technology themselves, and that ultimately, most disruptions of privacy that occur are self-levied.

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Section: The Morality In the 4th Spacementioning

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2022

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“…Partly related concepts are "personal responsibility," "individual responsibility"," autonomy," or "choice" (Maier, 2019). Diffusion (or denial) of responsibility has been referenced as one of the techniques of neutralisation used by offenders to neutralise the guilt of involvement in criminal behaviour, as it can release them from personal and social disapproval (Cohen, 2001;Rowan et al, 2022).…”

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Kauzalne atribucije za počinjenje djela i percepcije žrtve kod zatvorenih počinitelja seksualnih delikata na štetu djece

Constantinos,

George

2023

Kriminol. soc. integr. (Online)

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This qualitative study with a sample of 10 child sex offenders in Tripolis prison, Greece, aimed to evaluate their causal attributions for offending and their victim-related perceptions. The deductive thematic analysis revealed the following themes concerning their attributions for offending: 1) No explanation provided; 2) “I don’t know why I am in prison. I don’t accept the accusations and I didn’t do anything”; 3) “My action was misunderstood. It wasn't molestation"; 4) “Ι did it but not in the way it was presented”; 5) “I did it, but I don’t accept the culpability”; 6) “I did it and I accept the culpability”. With regard to their victim-related perceptions, the following themes were revealed: 1) "The victim is very well and hasn’t been affected by the molestation"; 2) "I don’t know where the victim is-I suppose he/she is fine"; 3) "I don’t know where the victim is-I suppose he/she has been affected by the molestation"; 4) "I don’t know where the victim is-I suppose he/she isn’t fine due to other reasons". The above themes provide a new framework for evaluating this topic. By enhancing our understanding of this field, we can better plan interventions that respond to the clinical needs of these offenders.

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Co-offending and the Persistence of Violence: A Dynamic Analysis

Meneghini,

Calderoni

2024

J Quant Criminol

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Objectives Previous research underscores the influence of prior violent co-offending on subsequent violent behavior, linking it to a social contagion mechanism akin to the internalization of violence. However, these studies are limited by disregarding the entirety of a criminal career and overlooking diverse co-offending dynamics beyond co-offenders’ characteristics. This study examines the longitudinal impact of prior violent (solo and co-) offending on future individual-level violent behavior among Italian organized crime offenders. Methods Leveraging criminal career data from 9819 Italian organized crime offenders, we model offending choices through a discrete-time Markov process. Subsequently, employing dynamic random-effects probit models, we quantify the influence of prior violent (solo and co-) offending on future violence, considering various confounders and unobserved individual-level effects. Results Violence is a persistent and long-lasting behavior among organized crime offenders. Prior violent co-offending has a greater impact than prior violent solo offending on the probability of future violence. Prior violent co-offending increases the probability of future violent co-offending but does not impact the probability of future violent solo offending. Conclusions The results show that co-offending promotes the transmission of violence but fail to support the internalization of violent behavior postulated by prior studies. We propose possible alternative mechanisms of violence transmission that operate through self-sustaining dynamics of violent co-offending within criminal groups. Although limited data on individual characteristics constrains interpretation, our results imply that violence transmission dynamics are independent from the individual characteristics of the co-offenders and more directly connected to group effects.

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Not (Entirely) Guilty: The Role of Co-offenders in Diffusing Responsibility for Crime

Cited by 12 publications

References 53 publications

Modern Forms of Surveillance and Control

Modern Forms of Surveillance and Control

Kauzalne atribucije za počinjenje djela i percepcije žrtve kod zatvorenih počinitelja seksualnih delikata na štetu djece

Co-offending and the Persistence of Violence: A Dynamic Analysis

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