Analyzing the offending activity of inmates: Trajectories of offense seriousness, escalation, and de-escalation

Abdullah Cihan, Jonathan Sorensen and Kimberly A. Chism

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2017, vol. 50, issue C, 12-18

Abstract: The current study seeks to systematically identify developmental patterns in the seriousness (escalation and de-escalation) of inmate misconduct and the factors that distinguish those patterns.

Keywords: Criminal career paradigm; De-escalation; Escalation; Group-based trajectory modeling; Inmate misconduct; Multinomial logistic regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2017.04.001

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