Project: Of feathers and birds: The role of offending peers in the transmission of violent offending in offender networks
2021-11-01 – 2025-10-31
- Abstract
Research addressing the transmission of violent offending has predominantly considered the spatial and temporal scales at which crime risk is transmitted. However, geographical features are only a part of the explanation of how crime is transmitted. Social processes may also impact the transmission of crime. In response, the role of person-to-person interactions within offender networks and adopting a social network approach is increasingly argued to be key to understand how crime risk is transmitted among individuals. However, extant research focuses on victimization within co-offending networks. The transmission of violent offending between offenders has been considered to a lesser extent. Therefore, I study how physical violent offending is transmitted between individuals within co-offending networks. For this, I adopt a network-based methodology that allows me to track the person-to-person transmission of physical violent offending in a social network of offending peers. Using police recorded crime data, the structure of the co-offending network of physical violent offenders is mapped, which enables me to establish the level of connectivity between the offenders. Subsequently, I apply network centrality measures to determine to what extent offenders in a network are important in respect to their network position. Finally, the predictive power of social network measures is compared to a demographics model, to determine the probability of future physical violent offending.
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The impact of violent behavior on co-offender selection : evidence of behavioral homophily
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- Journal Article
- A1
- open access
Navigating the social maze : an integrative review on the social network properties of deviant peer influence in adolescent networks
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Social network analysis of youth offender networks : the role of connectivity in violence transmission
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An integrative review on the social network dynamics of peer influence in youth networks
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- Journal Article
- A2
- open access
De victim-offender overlap bij seksueel geweld : een vergelijkende studie bij slachtoffers, plegers, en slachtoffer-plegers
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- Conference Paper
- C3
- open access
Of feathers and birds : the role of offending peers in the transmission of violent offending in offender networks
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- Conference Paper
- C3
- open access
The victim-offender overlap in sexual violence : a comparative study among victims, perpetrators, and victim-perpetrators
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