Age and the Explanation of Crime
American Journal of SociologyPublished 1 November 1983
Travis Hirschi, Michael R. Gottfredson
Citations2,025
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score2.81
SNIP2.56
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
Abstract
One of the few facts agreed on in criminology is the age distribution of crime. This fact has been used to criticize social theories of crime causation, to provide the foundation for other theories, to justify recent emphases on career criminals, and to support claims of superiority for longitudinal designs in criminological research. In the present paper, we argue that the age distribution of crime is sufficiently invariant over a broad range of social conditions that these uses of the age distribution are not justified by available evidence.
Keywords
Social SciencesEnvironmental Science
Causes of Delinquency
3,066 Citations2017Travis Hirschi
Delinquency and Drift
627 Citations2018David Matza
Journal of Personality and Social PsychologySome child-rearing antecedents of criminal behavior in adult men.
485 Citations1979Joan McCord
Multiple regression and discriminant function analyses indicate that six variables describing family atmosphere during childhood--mother's selfconfidence, father's deviance, parental aggressiveness, maternal affection, parental conflict, and supervision--have an important impact on subsequent behavior.
Journal of Research in Crime and DelinquencyAn Integrated Theoretical Perspective on Delinquent Behavior
314 Citations1979Delbert S. Elliott, Suzanne S. Ageton +1 more
The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-)Estimation of Individual Crime Rates from Arrest Records
239 Citations1979Alfred Blumstein, Jacqueline Cohen
American Journal of SociologyViolence in Prisons: A Sociological Analysis
162 Citations1974Desmond Ellis, Harold G. Grasmick +1 more
The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-)Kids, Groups and Crime: Some Implications of a Well-Known Secret
128 Citations1981Franklin E. Zimring
Crime and JusticeCriminal Career Research: A Review of Recent Evidence
100 Citations1980Joan Petersilia
Sociological QuarterlyLife Cycle Changes and Criminal Propensity
61 Citations1977Alan Rowe, Charles R. Tittle
The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police ScienceQuantitative Analysis of Adjustment to the Prison Community
58 Citations1961Marvin E. Wolfgang
Criminal Justice and BehaviorAge and Prison Violence
55 Citations1979Jerome Mabli, Charles Elmer Holley +2 more
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social ScienceViolence in Prison
24 Citations1966John P. Conrad
American Sociological ReviewJuvenile Delinquency in the U.S.S.R.: Some Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators
16 Citations1970Walter D. Connor
There are indications that Soviet delinquency is similar in many of its aspects to parallel phenomena in other industrial societies, and care should be exercised in any attempt to relate delinquency to larger issues of the stability of the Soviet social system.