How many latent classes of delinquent/criminal careers? Results from mixed poisson regression analyses
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D'Unger, AV; Land, KC; McCall, PL; Nagin, DS
Published in: American Journal of Sociology
January 1, 1998
This article reviews questions about different categories of criminal careers, summarizes Poisson latent class regression models, describes procedures for evaluating the optimal number of latent classes, and applies this methodology to data from male cohorts taken from the cities of London, Philadelphia, and Racine. Four latent classes of offending careers is an appropriate number for the London cohort, but five classes can be justified for the Philadelphia data. In the case of the Racine cohorts, five classes may be detected for the 1942 and 1955 cohorts but only four for the 1949 cohort. Despite the varying numbers of latent offending classes, there clearly is a small number of typical age patterns.
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0002-9602
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
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103
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6
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1593 / 1630
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- Sociology
- 4410 Sociology
- 1608 Sociology
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D’Unger, A. V., Land, K. C., McCall, P. L., & Nagin, D. S. (1998). How many latent classes of delinquent/criminal careers? Results from mixed poisson regression analyses. American Journal of Sociology, 103(6), 1593–1630. https://doi.org/10.1086/231402
D’Unger, A. V., K. C. Land, P. L. McCall, and D. S. Nagin. “How many latent classes of delinquent/criminal careers? Results from mixed poisson regression analyses.” American Journal of Sociology 103, no. 6 (January 1, 1998): 1593–1630. https://doi.org/10.1086/231402.
D’Unger AV, Land KC, McCall PL, Nagin DS. How many latent classes of delinquent/criminal careers? Results from mixed poisson regression analyses. American Journal of Sociology. 1998 Jan 1;103(6):1593–630.
D’Unger, A. V., et al. “How many latent classes of delinquent/criminal careers? Results from mixed poisson regression analyses.” American Journal of Sociology, vol. 103, no. 6, Jan. 1998, pp. 1593–630. Scopus, doi:10.1086/231402.
D’Unger AV, Land KC, McCall PL, Nagin DS. How many latent classes of delinquent/criminal careers? Results from mixed poisson regression analyses. American Journal of Sociology. 1998 Jan 1;103(6):1593–1630.
Published In
American Journal of Sociology
DOI
ISSN
0002-9602
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Volume
103
Issue
6
Start / End Page
1593 / 1630
Related Subject Headings
- Sociology
- 4410 Sociology
- 1608 Sociology