Corrigendum 4 Jul 2013 | 02:48 pm

"A Good Man Always Knows His Limitations": The Role of Overconfidence in Criminal Offending 4 Jul 2013 | 02:48 pm

Objectives: This study examines the prevalence of overconfidence in the perceived risk of committing crime and whether such overconfidence is related to criminal behavior. Methods: Two samples were...

A Longitudinal Assessment of the Impact of Foreclosure on Neighborhood Crime 4 Jul 2013 | 02:48 pm

Objectives: To examine possible effects of housing foreclosure on neighborhood levels of crime and to assess temporal lags in the impact of foreclosure on neighborhood levels of crime. Methods: Lon...

Individual Offending, Routine Activities, and Activity Settings: Revisiting the Routine Activity Theory of General Deviance 4 Jul 2013 | 02:48 pm

Objectives: To examine whether a diverse range of both structured and unstructured routine activities is associated with offending, and whether activities have crime-specific effects. Method: Data ...

Here and Gone: Anticipation and Separation Effects of Prison Visits on Inmate Infractions 4 Jul 2013 | 02:48 pm

Objectives: This study examines the effect of prison visitation on the probability of inmate misconduct. Method: Our sample is an admissions cohort of over 7,000 inmates admitted to Florida correct...

Explaining Temporary and Permanent Motor Vehicle Theft Rates in the United States A Crime-Specific Approach 4 Jul 2013 | 02:48 pm

Objectives: To apply crime-specific models based on differing potential offender pools and opportunity structures to temporary and permanent motor vehicle theft (MVT). Method: Using 310 U.S. cities...

The Variable Impacts of Public Housing Community Proximity on Nearby Street Robberies 6 May 2013 | 02:11 pm

Objectives: Use crime pattern theory to investigate the proximity effects of public housing communities on robbery crime while taking into account the presence of nearby nonresidential facilities. M...

Concentrated Disadvantage and the Incarceration of Youth: Examining How Context Affects Juvenile Justice 6 May 2013 | 02:11 pm

Objectives: Attribution theory is used to frame a study on concentrated disadvantage and youth correctional confinement. Method: Population of delinquent referrals and a random sample of 50 youth case...

Online Routines and Identity Theft Victimization: Further Expanding Routine Activity Theory beyond Direct-Contact Offenses 6 May 2013 | 02:11 pm

Objectives: The purpose of the current study was to extend recent work aimed at applying routine activity theory to crimes in which the victim and offender never come into physical proximity. To that ...

Continuity and Change in Gang Membership and Gang Embeddedness 6 May 2013 | 02:11 pm

Objectives. Drawing from social network and life-course frameworks, the authors extend Hagan’s concept of criminal embeddedness to embeddedness within gangs. This study explores the relationship betwe...