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There has been scant research assessing the risk of rearrest for seriously violent crimes at the successive points in the arrest sequence. Such research requires the convergence of several components, including: a longitudinal data structure; large numbers of subjects; detailed information on the subjects’ sociodemographic characteristics and criminal histories; and statistical techniques linking the probability and timing of rearrest. In the past, these requirements have been too burdensome for researchers to satisfy. This study, however, pulls together these components and links the probability and timing of rearrests for seriously violent crimes to one another and, in turn, to public-policy concerns.
Prepared under Grant No. 86-IJ-CX-0052 from the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs,U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Weiner, N.A. (1994). The Probability and Timing of Rearrests for Seriously Violent Crimes: Some Descriptive Patterns in Individual Arrest Histories and Their Policy Implications. In: Weitekamp, E.G.M., Kerner, HJ. (eds) Cross-National Longitudinal Research on Human Development and Criminal Behavior. NATO ASI Series, vol 76. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0864-5_13
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