Co-convictions and specialisation in criminal careers - a modest proposal

Soothill, K. and Francis, B. and Liu, J. (2007) Co-convictions and specialisation in criminal careers - a modest proposal. In: European Society of Criminology Conference, 26 - 29 September 2007, Bologna, italy. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The importance of co-convictions has rarely been recognised. Using a dataset (n=67,052) of all those convicted in England andWales (1979-2001) for arson, blackmail, kidnapping or threats to murder, we consider how much information on co-convictions is normally overlooked, and the extent towhich knowledge of co-convictions contributes to predicting
serious recidivism. We identify that co-convictions are pervasive, ranging from47%in total for arson through to 77% for kidnapping. Specialisation in crime is a contentious issue and Sullivan et al. (2006) has identified the need for short termmeasures of specialisation in criminal careers research.We claim that that co-convictions act as a measure of short-term specialization. However, while specialisation (as measured through co-convictions) is an important additional predictor of recidivism, the evidence suggests that its effect can vary dramatically according to which type of recidivist activity is under study.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: 5. Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis > 5.8 Event History Analysis
Depositing User: L-W-S user
Date Deposited: 20 Feb 2012 15:19
Last Modified: 14 Jul 2021 13:55
URI: https://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2149

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