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Results for criminal careers (australia)
2 results foundAuthor: Lulham, Rohan Title: Change in Offence Seriousness Across Early Criminal Careers Summary: Aim: To investigate whether the crimes committed by offenders early in their criminal careers change in severity over consecutive offence episodes. Methods: Offence seriousness was measured across conviction episodes for a cohort of people born in NSW in 1994. We examined the relationship between offence seriousness and conviction episodes using two techniques. The first analysis involved stratifying offenders by total number of episodes and then using non-parametric tests to compare offence seriousness between and across episodes. The second analysis involved using group based trajectory modelling to investigate if there were groups of offenders who had different trajectories of offence seriousness over their first three conviction episodes. Results: Across all offenders, non-parametric tests showed no consistent relationship between offence seriousness and conviction episode. In contrast, group based trajectory modelling provided evidence for four offence seriousness trajectory groups: (1) an escalating group (16.1% of sample), (2) a low stable group (32.7% of sample), (3) a high stable group (26.0% of sample), and (4) a de-escalating group (25.2% of sample). Discussion: Group based trajectory modelling provided evidence that the relationship between offence seriousness and conviction episodes varies for sub-groups of offenders. Potential implications for understanding and informing the prevention of serious crime are highlighted. Limitations of this study and challenges for future research are discussed. Details: Sydney: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, 2010. 12p. Source: Internet Resource: Contempoary Issues in Crime and Justice, No. 141: Accessed November 7, 2011 at: http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/CJB141.pdf/$file/CJB141.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Australia URL: http://www.bocsar.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/bocsar/ll_bocsar.nsf/vwFiles/CJB141.pdf/$file/CJB141.pdf Shelf Number: 123253 Keywords: Crime TrajectoriesCriminal Careers (Australia)Offense Seriousness |
Author: de Andrade, Dominique Title: The Criminal Careers of a Prisoner Cohort Summary: This paper examines the criminal careers of a cohort of offenders born in 1977-1978 who have at some time been incarcerated for a sentenced offence. This study not only analysed these offenders based on career length but also their main offence type, highlighting those offenders who have the most social and economic impact over time on the community and Queensland Corrective Services. For the purposes of this paper, career length was calculated as the difference between age at first custodial admission and current age (if still incarcerated at time of data extraction) or age at last custodial release (if no longer incarcerated). Findings show that offenders who enter custody at age 17 or 18, and to a lesser extent 19 to 21, are at high risk of having lengthy custodial careers with high recidivism. These offenders are likely to commit more serious offences (i.e. violent offences) and are also likely to go on to be considered prolific offenders. Prolific offenders (with four or more custodial admissions and five or more years of aggregated incarceration time), are not only likely to have entered prison at a young age, but are also likely to be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background. Many have a current Risk of Reoffending (RoR) score that reflects this profile – 70% have a score of 16 or more. Almost all of this group are also violent offenders with 87.8% having a violent offence as their most serious offence at some point during their custodial career. These offenders present with a number of other needs such as drug problems, poor education and self harm behaviour that require attention. Details: Brisbane: Queensland Corrective Services, 2013. 16p. Source: Internet Resource: Research Brief no. 22: Accessed July 3, 2013 at: http://www.correctiveservices.qld.gov.au/Publications/Research_Publications/research_brief_22_the_criminal_careers_of_a_prisoner_cohort.pdf Year: 2013 Country: Australia URL: http://www.correctiveservices.qld.gov.au/Publications/Research_Publications/research_brief_22_the_criminal_careers_of_a_prisoner_cohort.pdf Shelf Number: 129253 Keywords: Criminal Careers (Australia)Prolific OffendersRepeat Offenders |