Criminal Capital Persistence: Evidence from 90,000 Inmates’ Releases

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Antonia Escobar Bernal ◽  
Santiago Tobon ◽  
Martín Vanegas Arias
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Capital

scholarly journals Building Criminal Capital behind Bars: Peer Effects in Juvenile Corrections*

2009 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Bayer ◽  
Randi Hjalmarsson ◽  
David Pozen
Keyword(s):  
Peer Effects ◽  
Juvenile Corrections ◽  
Criminal Capital

On the Conceptualization of Criminal Capital

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holly Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Concurrent Validity ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Earnings Expectations ◽  
Latent Construct ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Criminal Capital

Objectives: The first objective of this study is to provide a conceptualization of criminal capital. The second objective is to present an illustrative analysis of dimensionality and concurrent validity of criminal capital acquired in prison. Methods: One hundred eight inmates in three correctional reentry facilities in a mid-Atlantic state were interviewed at two times: in prison and nine months postrelease. Postrelease interviews included six items that tapped into criminal human capital and criminal social capital acquired in prison. Factor structure was examined with confirmatory factor analysis, and item response theory was used to examine each of the items. Regression models examined concurrent validity for the criminal capital construct on the willingness to offend, perceived rewards to crime, illegal earnings expectations, and making money from crime. Results: Criminal human capital and criminal social capital acquired in prison represent a single unidimensional latent construct. Regression models demonstrated concurrent validity for the criminal capital construct. Conclusions: Working toward a consistent conceptualization of criminal capital is important for a cohesive body of knowledge. Future work should investigate how dimensionality and validity differ across contexts.

Drug Economics: A Fordist Model of Criminal Capital?

1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Ruggiero
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Capital

scholarly journals The Returns to Criminal Capital

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Loughran ◽  
Holly Nguyen ◽  
Alex R. Piquero ◽  
Jeffrey Fagan
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Capital

Commentary: Criminal Capital for Illegal Enterprise

2017 ◽  
pp. 125-146
Author(s):  
Darrell J. Steffensmeier ◽  
Jeffery T. Ulmer
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Capital

Narrative Criminology and Ethnography

2021 ◽  
pp. 245-268
Author(s):  
Jennifer Fleetwood ◽  
Sveinung Sandberg
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Know How ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Criminal Capital

This chapter outlines how criminological researchers can attend to narrative as part of their ethnographic practice. Attention to the narrativity of speech, conversations, and texts pertaining to both individuals and groups has the potential to enrich ethnographic research on crime, criminal justice, and victims/survivors. It accentuates that stories told in field, between research participants—and to the researcher—are paramount for most ethnographic fieldwork. Ethnographers can draw much from contemporary developments in narrative criminology. We outline two insights in particular: talk is a kind of social action that does things and, second, stories motivate and guide behaviour. We review research in narrative criminology to demonstrate the importance of stories for understanding crime and justice: they delineate insiders and outsiders, convey identity, supply know-how, and display criminal capital. Vengeance and violence are also a way to tell or enact stories. This chapter also explores questions of methodology and discusses some practical issues such as how to invite storytelling and how to use recording devices in the field. We conclude with some thoughts about future directions for narrative criminology and ethnography.

Evading Detection during Adolescence: The Role of Criminal Capital and Psychosocial Factors

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissa Knowles ◽  
Zachary Rowan ◽  
Paul J. Frick ◽  
Laurence Steinberg ◽  
Elizabeth Cauffman
Keyword(s):  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Criminal Capital
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