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dc.contributor.authorTownsley, Michael
dc.contributor.authorSidebottom, Aiden
dc.contributor.editorProf Denise Gottfredson
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:54:15Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:54:15Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2011-06-07T06:55:46Z
dc.identifier.issn0011-1384
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1745-9125.2010.00205.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/35081
dc.description.abstractThe results of this study reveal a major methodological problem with an established body of criminological literature-the journey to crime. The dominant finding of such research is that most crimes occur close to an offender's home. Consequently, journeys to crime typically display a distance-decay function that is assumed to exist between and within offenders. However, most journey-to-crime studies use nested data-individual offenders contributing multiple crime trips-yet employ analytic methods that fail to account for this property, leading to inference and aggregation concerns. In the study outlined in this article, we demonstrated the implications of using nested data for analyzing the journey to crime. We showed that once controlling for nesting, only a few (prolific) offenders display a distance decay pattern. Implications of the findings for theory and future research are discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Society of Criminology - Wiley
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom897
dc.relation.ispartofpageto917
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCriminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume48
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolice administration, procedures and practice
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied ethics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPhilosophy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440211
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5001
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5003
dc.titleAll Offenders Are Equal, But Some Are More Equal Than Others: Variation In Journeys To Crime Between Offenders
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice
gro.rights.copyrightSelf-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by the American Society of Criminology. Please refer to the journal link for access to the definitive, published version or contact the author for more information.
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTownsley, Michael K.


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