Offending and mortality

Weijer, Steve van de; Bijleveld, Catrien; Huschek, Doreen

doi:10.1016/j.alcr.2015.11.004

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“…The tendency to engage in criminal activity is commonly associated with low life expectancy (Aalsma et al 2016 ; Lindberg et al 2017 ). There are three models of explanation for premature mortality among offenders that are not mutually exclusive (van de Weijer et al 2016 ). First is the direct causal model, according to which criminal activity itself increases the hazard of premature death through the possibility of being killed or seriously injured during confrontation with the police, other offenders, or victims.…”

Section: Life History Theorymentioning

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Do Criminals Live Faster Than Soldiers and Firefighters?

Kwiek

Piotrowski

2020

Hum Nat

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A high risk of morbidity-mortality caused by a harsh and unpredictable environment is considered to be associated with a fast life history (LH) strategy, commonly linked with criminal behavior. However, offenders are not the only group with a high exposure to extrinsic morbidity-mortality. In the present study, we investigated the LH strategies employed by two groups of Polish men: incarcerated offenders (N = 84) as well as soldiers and firefighters (N = 117), whose professions involve an elevated risk of injury and premature death. The subjects were asked to complete the Mini-K (used as a psychosocial LH indicator) and a questionnaire which included a number of biodemographic LH variables. Although biodemographic and psychosocial LH indicators should be closely linked with each other, the actual connection between them is unclear. Thus, this study was driven by two aims: comparing LH strategies in two groups of men with a high risk of premature morbidity-mortality and investigating the relationship between the biodemographic and psychosocial LH dimensions. The study showed that incarcerated men employed faster LH strategies than soldiers and firefighters, but only in relation to biodemographic variables (e.g., number of siblings, age of sexual initiation, life expectancy). No intergroup differences emerged regarding psychosocial LH indicators. Moreover, the correlation analysis showed a weak association between biodemographic and psychosocial LH indicators. The results strengthen the legitimacy of incorporating biodemographic LH traits into research models and indicate the need for further research on the accuracy of the Mini-K. The possible explanations for the intergroup differences in LH strategies are discussed.

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Section: Life History Theorymentioning

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Do Criminals Live Faster Than Soldiers and Firefighters?

Kwiek

Piotrowski

2020

Hum Nat

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“…Van Gaalen (2016) studies whether children's mortality risk increases if their parents have offended in the previous year, using a Dutch population sample. Van Gaalen comes to a quite similar conclusion as van de Weijer, Bijleveld and Huschek (2015), in the sense that offending of parents in general does not increase their children's mortality risk, once family risk factors were accounted for. However, if fathers are serious offenders, children's risk of death increases, and it does as well when mothers offend.…”

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“…Van de Weijer, Bijleveld and Huschek (2015) investigate whether offending increases the risk of death in a Dutch high-risk sample. Controlling for parental mortality, they find no effect of people's overall offending on their mortality risk.…”

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Criminal careers and demographic outcomes: An introduction to the special issue

Bijleveld

Zoutewelle-Terovan

Huschek

et al. 2016

Advances in Life Course Research

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“…Key reasons include the availability of a more complete set of death records and the increased opportunity to examine natural causes of mortality. 1 , 31 …”

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Association of a Crime Prevention Program for Boys With Mortality 72 Years After the Intervention

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Key Points Question What are the long-term effects of a crime prevention program on mortality? Findings In this longitudinal follow-up of a randomized clinical trial of 506 boys who received individual counseling through a range of activities and home visits for an extended duration vs no special services, no important differences were found between treatment and control group participants for mortality outcomes 72 years after the intervention, suggesting that earlier observed iatrogenic effects did not persist. Meaning Continued research on studies with iatrogenic effects is needed to better understand why and when some programs cause harm and to help mitigate their perpetuation.

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Offending and mortality

Cited by 11 publications

References 26 publications

Do Criminals Live Faster Than Soldiers and Firefighters?

Do Criminals Live Faster Than Soldiers and Firefighters?

Criminal careers and demographic outcomes: An introduction to the special issue

Association of a Crime Prevention Program for Boys With Mortality 72 Years After the Intervention

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