Age and the distance to crime

被引:55
作者
Andresen, Martin A. [1 ,2 ]
Frank, Richard [1 ,2 ]
Felson, Marcus [3 ]
机构
[1] Simon Fraser Univ, Sch Criminol, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
[2] Simon Fraser Univ, Inst Canadian Urban Res Studies, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
[3] Texas State Univ, San Macros, TX USA
关键词
Age and crime; distance; journey to crime; OFFENDERS; DECAY;
D O I
10.1177/1748895813494870
中图分类号
DF [法律]; D9 [法律];
学科分类号
0301 ;
摘要
The journey-to-crime literature consistently shows that the distance to crime is short, particularly for violent crimes. Recent research has revealed methodological concerns regarding various (improper) groupings of data (nesting effects). In this article we investigate one such nesting effect: the relationship between age and the distance to crime. Contrary to much of the research that investigates this phenomenon, using a large incident-based data set of more than 100,000 crime trips, we find that the relationship between age and the distance to crime is best described as quadratic but this quadratic relationship is not universal across all crime classifications.
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页码:314 / 333
页数:20
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