Take My License n' All That Jive, I Can't See ... 35: Little Hope for the Future Encourages Offending Over time

• NCJ Number: 251347
• Journal: Justice Quarterly Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Dated: January 2016 Pages: 73-99
• Author(s): A. R. Piquero
• Date Published: January 2016
• Length: 27 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2007-MU-FX-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical); Report (Study/Research); Report (Grant Sponsored); Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study used a research design that improved on the small number of earlier studies that have examined whether persons who perceive their death at an early age have a higher risk of offending.

Abstract

The earlier studies were limited by the use of general population samples, cross-sectional data, and the failure to consider both the determinants of perceived age-at-death, as well as some of the mediating processes associated with the relationship between perceived age-at-death and offending. The current study used data for a large sample of serious youthful offenders from two urban cities who were followed for 7 years. The results of this study show that gender, race/ethnicity, and adverse neighborhood conditions influence the perceived age-at-death; this perception distinguishes between distinct trajectories of offending, and such perceptions also influence both perceived risks and perceived rewards, as well as one's impulse control. (Publisher abstract modified)