TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - The end of the age-crime curve? A historical comparison of male arrest rates in the United States, 1985-2019
JO  - British journal of criminology
A1  - Tuttle, James
SP  - 638
EP  - 655
VL  - 64
IS  - 3
N2  - As presented in this article, the overall arrest rate for males in the United States no longer peaks during the late teenage years, contrary to the traditional conceptualization of the age-crime curve. Instead of peaking around age 18 and falling throughout adulthood, the overall arrest rate in 2019 did not peak until age 27. Using a dissimilarity index, the results show that the age-crime curve for overall, violent and property offenses during 2019 differs significantly from that of 1985. However, the age-crime curve is still apparent within the data when examined by birth cohort. It appears that a sudden decline in the proportion of offenses committed by 15-to-19-year-old males is responsible for the shift in the aggregate/cross-sectional age-crime curve.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-0955
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azad049
ID  - ref1
ER  -