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  • Linking the Crime and Arrest Processes to Measure Variations in Individual Arrest Risk per Crime (Q)

    Author(s)
    Blumstein, Alfred
    Cohen, Jacqueline
    Piquero, Alex R
    Visher, Christy A
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Piquero, Alex R.
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    The magnitude and variation in the arrest risk per crime for individual offenders, termed Q,1 are fundamental to any characterization of crime and crime control. Obviously, Q has intrinsic value as an indicator of criminal justice performance, as well as a measure of the risk of detection faced by offenders. The variation in Q across offenders is also important as a methodological support to enable use of the widely available arrest data to make inferences about offending behavior. In particular, knowing Q is vital in attempts to estimate individual crime rates, λ, from such arrest data (Blumstein and Cohen 1979; Cohen 1986).The magnitude and variation in the arrest risk per crime for individual offenders, termed Q,1 are fundamental to any characterization of crime and crime control. Obviously, Q has intrinsic value as an indicator of criminal justice performance, as well as a measure of the risk of detection faced by offenders. The variation in Q across offenders is also important as a methodological support to enable use of the widely available arrest data to make inferences about offending behavior. In particular, knowing Q is vital in attempts to estimate individual crime rates, λ, from such arrest data (Blumstein and Cohen 1979; Cohen 1986).
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Quantitative Criminology
    Volume
    26
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940-010-9121-7
    Subject
    Criminology
    Police administration, procedures and practice
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/36373
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