Journal of Quantitative Criminology

, Volume 6, Issue 1, pp 61–84 | Cite as

Age and crime in a Stockholm cohort

  • Per-Olof H. Wikström
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Abstract

This study reports some findings on the age-crime relationship from a study of a 1953 Stockholm cohort (Project Metropolitan) through youth and young adulthood. The study includes 15,117 males and females. Basic data about crime in the cohort are presented along with more detailed data about the age-crime relationship. Special emphasis is given to sex and social class differences. The findings are discussed in the context of the recent debate on the value of longitudinal studies of crime as regards the study of the age-crime relationship. The results show that overall there are many general similarities with the findings from U.S. and British research on age, crime, and criminal careers.

Key words

age crime criminal careers 
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© Plenum Publishing Corporation 1990

Authors and Affiliations

  • Per-Olof H. Wikström
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of CriminologyUniversity of StockholmStockholmSweden

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