A large-scale empirical investigation of specialization in criminal career.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 10 2023
11 10 2023
Historique:
received:
15
07
2022
accepted:
25
09
2023
medline:
1
11
2023
pubmed:
12
10
2023
entrez:
11
10
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We use a comprehensive longitudinal dataset on criminal acts over 6 years in a European country to study specialization in criminal careers. We present a method to cluster crime categories by their relative co-occurrence within criminal careers, deriving a natural, data-based taxonomy of criminal specialization. Defining specialists as active criminals who stay within one category of offending behavior, we study their socio-demographic attributes, geographic range, and positions in their collaboration networks relative to their generalist counterparts. Compared to generalists, specialists tend to be older, are more likely to be women, operate within a smaller geographic range, and collaborate in smaller, more tightly-knit local networks. We observe that specialists are more intensely embedded in criminal networks, suggesting a potential source of self-reinforcing dynamics in criminal careers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37821491
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-43552-6
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-43552-6
pmc: PMC10567752
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
17160Informations de copyright
© 2023. Springer Nature Limited.
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