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First published on April 14, 2008, doi:10.1177/0011128707305746

Crime & Delinquency 2008;54:341.

A more recent version of this article appeared on July 1, 2008
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Offense Specialization of Arrestees: An Event History Analysis

Celia C. Lo1*, Young S. Kim2, and Tyrone C. Cheng3

1 University of Alabama
2 Eastern Michigan University
3 University of Alabama at Birmingham

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: clo{at}ua.edu.


  Abstract
The data set employed in the present study came from interviews with arrestees conducted between 1999 and 2001 as well as from their official arrest records obtained from jail administrators. A total of 238 arrestees ages 18 to 25 constituted the final sample. Event history analysis examined each arrestee’s movement from periods of no arrests to periods including arrests for any of four types of offense; background variables were controlled, and relevant time-varying factors became the explanatory factors. The results show a tendency among these arrestees to specialize, to varying degrees, in violent offenses, drug offenses, miscellaneous offenses, and property offenses. Evidence of versatility is presented. Anticrime measures are also discussed.


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