Delinquent Networks Youth Co-Offending in Stockholm |
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| Author:
| Sarnecki, Jerzy |
| Contribution by:
| Blumstein, Alfred
Farrington, David |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Criminology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-02244-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2005 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $77.95 |
Book Description:
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This book presents a study of co-offending relations among youths under 21 suspected of criminal offences in Stockholm during 1991 1995. In total, the study includes just over 22,000 individuals suspected of around 29,000 offences. Jerzy Sarnecki employs the method of network analysis which makes it possible to study the ties, social bonds, interactions, differential associations and connections that are central to many of the sociologically oriented theories on the aetiology of crime....
More DescriptionThis book presents a study of co-offending relations among youths under 21 suspected of criminal offences in Stockholm during 1991 1995. In total, the study includes just over 22,000 individuals suspected of around 29,000 offences. Jerzy Sarnecki employs the method of network analysis which makes it possible to study the ties, social bonds, interactions, differential associations and connections that are central to many of the sociologically oriented theories on the aetiology of crime. Up to now, network analysis had been used only rarely in the criminological context.