CCJ 4934 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Vagueness

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Sociology, Criminology and Law - Criminology
• Course: CCJ 4934
• Professor: Chris L Gibson

Document Summary

Least studied process: major component of criminal career, termination or cessation of behavior, offending comes to an end in a criminal career, reduced frequency- deceleration, reduced variety in offending- specialization, reduction in seriousness- de-escalation. Definitions: vagueness, neil shover- voluntary termination of serious criminal participation, cant be used to collect data on basis of voluntary, arbitrary, farrington and hawkins- having no convictions between 21 and 32 following a conviction before 21. Laub and sampson 2003: absence of arrest up to age 70, warr 1998. Individual not reporting having committed any offense in the past year. Length of follow up in measurement is critical: conviction data v self report data. Is desistance something that is a function of age: hard to teach old dog new tricks. Cognitive change: greater interest in employment, greater interest in secure bonds, calculating likely outcome of actions, changed identity.