Crime and young men
Subtitle: the role of arrest, criminal experience, and heterogeneity
By: Susumu Imai, Hajime Katayama, Kala Krishna
Contributors: Katayama, Hajime; Krishna, Kala; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 12221; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 12221.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Description: "Using National Youth Survey (NYS) data, we examine the relationship of current criminal activity and past arrests using an ordered probit model with unobserved heterogeneity.  Past arrests raise current criminal activity only for the non-criminal type, while past criminal experience raises current criminal activity for both types.  Also, the age crime profile peaks at age 18 for non-criminal type individuals, but for criminal type individuals, it continues to rise with age.  Past research indicates that age arrest profiles rise till age 18 and then fall for both types, suggesting lower apprehension rates for criminal type individuals"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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