Challenging Assumptions: A Genetically Sensitive Assessment of the Criminogenic Effect of Contact With the Criminal Justice System
Abstract
A key assumption underlying various components of criminological thought is the criminogenic effect of involvement with the criminal justice system. Prior assessments of this effect, however, have been mixed and all are subject to potential genetic confounding. In the current study, we employ twin difference scores using both monozygotic and dizygotic twins to isolate the effect of involvement with the criminal justice system on future criminal behavior. The findings illustrate null associations between a variety of interactions of the criminal justice system and subsequent criminal offending. The study illustrates the continued ineffectiveness of the standard social science methodological approach to assessing criminology’s main assumptions.
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“…has come into contact with the justice system can be considered the “treated” case and his or her co-twin can be used to estimate the counterfactual.1 Nedelec and Silver (2018) recently employed the family fixed-effects model to estimate the impact of justice system contact on future criminal…”
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- Authors
- Nedelec, J. L., & Silver, I. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- Corresponding author
- Nedelec, Joseph L.
- Venue
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2018-11-05
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 69-86
- ISSN
- 1043-9862 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-5406
- OpenAlex
- W2900216988
- Cited by
- 8
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 2.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Keywords
- criminogenic effects, criminal justice involvement, offending, genetic confounding, monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins, genetic susceptibility
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