PURPOSE: The criminal career paradigm is a major research focus in criminology, and the
current state-of-the-art review explicates research published between 2000 and 2011 …

Over the past decade, a considerable literature has emerged within criminology stemming
from the collection of social network data and the adoption of social network analysis by a …

This study investigates the concentration of nonfatal gunshot injuries within risky social
networks. Using six years of data on gunshot victimization and arrests in Chicago, we …

ANDREW V PAPA CHRISTOS ET AL. law-violating behavior. The findings suggest that
while criminals as a whole have negative opinions of the law and legal authority, these …

This book provides a sociological perspective on crime and criminal justice by treating social
structure and social inequality as central themes in the study of crime—and major factors in …

The effects of gang membership on individual social, behavior, cognitive, and health
outcomes are well documented. Yet, research consistently has shown that gang …

Objectives. We estimated the association of an individual's exposure to homicide in a social
network and the risk of individual homicide victimization across a high-crime African …

Situational theories of crime assert that the situations that people participate in contain the
proximal causes of crime. Prior research has not tested situational hypotheses rigorously …

To say that we live in a “connected world” is a bit cliché. Over the past decade, a new
“network science” has emerged from its primordial origins in anthropology and sociology to …

What leads a minority of criminal groups to persist over time? Although most criminal groups
are characterized by short life spans, a subset manages to survive extended periods …