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MacDonald, John M.; Haviland, Amelia; Morral, Andrew R. – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2009
Understanding the progression of violent and nonviolent criminal activity remains a matter of theoretical debate. In the present study, the authors build on criminological theory and assess the extent to which the progression of violent and nonviolent criminal behaviors follows different trajectories. The authors rely on semiparametric mixture…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Criminals, At Risk Persons, Violence
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Colwell, Brian – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2007
Interpersonal and intergroup contention is endemic to the social environment of California prisons. Data from in-depth interviews (N = 74) with prison inmates highlights a conceptual difference between the status behavior understood as signaling "deference" versus those signaling "respect." "Deference behavior"…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Social Environment, Criminals