Brame Robert, Mulvey Edward P, Piquero Alex R, Schubert Carol A
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2014 Oct;24(4):254-64. doi: 10.1002/cbm.1936.
Much of the research on specialisation in offending tends to show that offending careers are marked by more versatile than specific criminal activity. One key limitation of this research has been that very few studies have used both official records and self-reports to study the longitudinal mix of offences.
This study uses longitudinal data to examine the mixture of offences during mid-adolescence and into early adulthood, a key transitionary period of the life course, using both self-reports and official records.
Data from 1354 serious adolescent offenders are used to study the mixture of offences over a 7-year period.
The results point strongly to the conclusion that generality is typical and specialisation is exceptional.
许多关于犯罪专业化的研究倾向于表明，犯罪生涯的特点是犯罪活动更多样化而非特定化。这项研究的一个关键局限性在于，很少有研究同时使用官方记录和自我报告来研究犯罪的纵向组合。
本研究使用纵向数据，通过自我报告和官方记录，来考察青春期中期到成年早期这一生命历程中的关键过渡阶段的犯罪组合情况。
来自1354名严重青少年罪犯的数据被用于研究7年期间的犯罪组合情况。
结果有力地指向了一个结论，即普遍犯罪是典型的，而专业化犯罪是例外的。
