Structural predictors of choice: Testing a multilevel rational choice theory of crime

KJ Thomas, EP Baumer, TA Loughran - Criminology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Extant research has provided support for the micro‐level predictions of rational choice
models of crime. Yet, a central feature of the rational choice perspective in the broader social …

Examining how conditioning on different wave lengths alters sample characteristics and results in a panel dataset of youth who have committed serious offenses

MC Kijowski, T Wilson - Journal of Developmental and Life-Course …, 2022 - Springer
Research on missing data in panel datasets has focused on attrition where respondents
drop out and do not return. An equally important, but understudied, form of missing data …

Integrating subjectively-derived choice sets to expand offender decision-making

MC Kijowski, T Wilson - Journal of Crime and Justice, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Rational choice and offender decision-making are premised upon each individual's
weighing of their subjectively perceived behavioral options. However, most applications …

Is there a relationship between housing deprivation and crime? Evidence for the Spanish case

J Torres-Tellez - International Journal of Housing Markets and …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Crime increased in Spain during the period of 2017–2019 after a decade of
decline. This coincides with severe housing deprivation multiplying by three in just four …

Constructing, Integrating, and Testing the Choice Set for Models of Offender Decision-Making

M Kijowski - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Models of offender decision-making are premised on a rational actor weighing the
perceived options within their choice set. One will choose to engage in a behavioral option …