TY - JOUR
T1 - Elaboration on Specialization in Crime
T2 - Disaggregating Age Cohort Effects
AU - Yonai, Shachar
AU - Levine, Stephen Z.
AU - Glicksohn, Joseph
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - To elaborate past research, this study examines the course of specialization and versatility with maturation and contends that specialization develops in a nonrandom manner, as suggested by the orthogenic principle of human development. To examine the development of specialization and versatility, forward specialization coefficients were disaggregated for three age cohorts over a 20-year follow-up period in a sample of high-risk youth (n = 3,652) with 54,175 arrests. Results show that forward specialization coefficients were generally of moderate magnitude and, across age cohorts, developed modestly in an age-graded manner for the youngest cohort. In conclusion, the results provide preliminary support for the orthogenic theory among early first-admission youth.
AB - To elaborate past research, this study examines the course of specialization and versatility with maturation and contends that specialization develops in a nonrandom manner, as suggested by the orthogenic principle of human development. To examine the development of specialization and versatility, forward specialization coefficients were disaggregated for three age cohorts over a 20-year follow-up period in a sample of high-risk youth (n = 3,652) with 54,175 arrests. Results show that forward specialization coefficients were generally of moderate magnitude and, across age cohorts, developed modestly in an age-graded manner for the youngest cohort. In conclusion, the results provide preliminary support for the orthogenic theory among early first-admission youth.
KW - forward specialization coefficient
KW - specialization
KW - trends
KW - versatility
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84881351196&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0011128709359656
DO - 10.1177/0011128709359656
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SN - 0011-1287
VL - 59
SP - 951
EP - 970
JO - Crime and Delinquency
JF - Crime and Delinquency
IS - 6
ER -