Scaling Behaviour in the Number of Criminal Acts Committed by Individuals

Details Scaling Behaviour in the Number of Criminal Acts Committed by Individuals Scaling Behaviour in the Number of Criminal Acts Committed by Individuals

2004-02-26

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0402646v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Other Condensed Matter

17 pages 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1088/1742-5468/2004/07/P07003

We find subtle deviations from power law behaviour in the number of crimes committed by individuals, analysing the two main criminology databases which track this behaviour, the Pittsburgh Young Offenders survey and the Cambridge UK Study in Delinquent Development. The description of the data when the number of boys committing or reporting zero crimes are excluded is different from that when they are included. The crucial step in the criminal progress of an individual appears to be committing the first act. Once this is done, the number of criminal acts committed by an individual can take place on all scales.

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