"Take My License n' All That Jive, I Can't See … 35": Little Hope for the Future Encourages Offending Over time. (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Piquero, Alex R.
• Is Part Of: Justice quarterly. Volume 33:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 73
• Page End: 99
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: perceived age-at-death -- offending -- rational choice; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Periodicals; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- Periodicals; 340.11405
• DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2014.896396
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0741-8825

Abstract

Abstract : A very small number of studies has observed that persons who perceive an early age-at-death report a higher risk of offending. This literature, however, is 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. Using data for a large sample of serious youthful offenders from two urban cities and who were followed for seven years, the current study attends to these concerns. Results 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.