Overlapping crime: Stability and specialization of co-offending relationships |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Government, Stephen F. Austin State University, Box 13045 SFA Station, Nacogdoches, TX 75962;2. College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University, Box 2296, Huntsville, TX 77341-2296;3. Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 438 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0483 |
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Abstract: | Dyadic analyses of relationships between criminals have mostly ignored the multiplex nature of criminal ties. This study attempts to provide a more complete assessment of co-offending networks by incorporating the different types of crime that relate individuals with each other. Drawing on a large dataset of arrests in Quebec between 2003 and 2009, we focus on co-offending stability and specialization and illustrate how co-offending networks based on different types of criminal activities overlap. We portray a pattern of co-offending, which extends debate of criminal specialization/versatility to the dyadic level. Our study illustrates the ways in which the frequency and spectrum of crime include a relational component. More generally, the article emphasizes the need to consider the semantics of network ties, and further, the association between different types of networks, which ultimately offers a reassessment of social structure. |
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Keywords: | Co-offending Multiplexity Criminal networks Specialization Stability |
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