The Effects of Criminal Experience on the Incidence of Crime
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Vol. 49 (1) , 1-5
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1536-7150.1990.tb02252.x
Abstract
Abstract. A hypothesis has been analyzed that criminals learn by doing, that with experience criminals increase their activity so that with level outlays on police the incidence of crime may be increasing. This hypothesis is tested by statistical analysis of time series cross sectional data on crime levels, police outlays and various socioeconomic variables. The results confirm that “learning by doing”—accumulating criminal experience—increases criminal activity, that police outlays have a negative and significant effect on crime and that certain socioeconomic characteristics have a significant effect on crime.Keywords
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