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Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, Vol. 41, No. 1, 37-57 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/0022427803256094

Studying the Characteristics of Arrest Frequency among Paroled Youthful Offenders

Pamela K. Lattimore

University of South Carolina and Research Triangle Institute (RTI)

John M. MacDonald

University of Florida, jmacd{at}crim.ufl.edu

Alex R. Piquero

University of Florida, National Consortium on Violence Research, and MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network

Richard L. Linster

Christy A. Visher

Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center

In recent years, much attention has been devoted to developing appropriate analytical methods to model criminal careers. Largely ignored in this methodological debate is the study of how the criminal behavior patterns of active offenders are related to individual characteristics. This article presents an analysis of the postrelease offending patterns of two cohorts of male youth released by the California Youth Authority in 1981 to 1982 and 1986 to 1987. The focus of the analysis is the frequency of arrest during the first three years following release. Negative binomial models are used to examine the relationship between a variety of factors that have been linked theoretically and empirically to the frequency of offending. Results suggest that measures of individual and geographic characteristics can be used to predict the average arrest frequencies and their variation among paroled youthful offenders. These findings suggest that there may be useful distinctions to be made among offending populations.

Key Words: youthful offenders • negative binomial • criminal careers


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