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 …

Criminal careers have long occupied the imaginations of criminologists. Since the 1986
publication of the National Academy of Sciences report on criminal careers and career …

This study examines alternative explanations for why gang members are more likely to have
higher rates of serious and violent crime than nongang members. Specifically, three models …

This thoroughly revised new edition looks at the nature of social networks, their changing
configurations, and the forces of influence they unleash in shaping the life experiences of …

In modern China, technocratic utopias go side by side with moral panics. The modernization
process is seen as creating thedisorders' of criminality, sex, and modern youth culture. The …

A multilevel approach is proposed to the study of the evolution of multiple networks. In this
approach, the basic evolution process is assumed to be the same, while parameter values …

This book presents a study of co-offering relations among youths under twenty-one
suspected of criminal offences in Stockholm during 1991–5. In total, the study includes just …

Studies in the past have already revealed some interesting characteristics of co‐offending,
but relatively little attention has been paid to explaining them. This paper is focused on the …

Applications of social network analysis in the study of crime fall mainly into three topic areas:
the influence of the personal network on ego's delinquency or crime, the influence of …

Using a unique data set on criminal profiles of 800 US Mafia members active in the 1950s
and 1960s and on their connections within the Cosa Nostra network, we use simple network …