Through the use of a maximum-likelihood method, the researchers estimated the average rate at which certain groups of offenders terminate their criminal activities. The study also sought to determine the differences in termination rates across selected offender attributes. The data were derived from official FBI records of 21,004 offenders arrested in the Detroit metropolitan area during 1974-77 for murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, or auto theft. The criminal history of each offender was determined from arrest records from age 17 through the end of the study observation period in 1982. The offender history data includes information on arrest charges, disposition of the arrest, court action and sentences, and custody arrangements. Tables and coding information
Similar Publications
- Labor Trafficking in Construction and Hospitality Survey Findings: New York
- Further Analyses of a Longitudinal Survey of Crime and Delinquency - Final Report to the National Institute of Justice, June 1983
- Selective Incapacitation and the Serious Offender: A Longitudinal Study of Criminal Career Patterns