TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward a quantitative typology of burglars
T2 - A latent profile analysis of career offenders
AU - Vaughn, Michael G.
AU - DeLisi, Matt
AU - Beaver, Kevin M.
AU - Howard, Matthew O.
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - Burglary is a serious, costly, and prevalent crime but prior typologies of burglars are mostly speculative and based on qualitative data. Using a sample of 456 adult career criminals, the current study used latent profile analysis to construct a methodologically rigorous quantitative typology. Four classes of burglars emerged: young versatile, vagrant, drug-oriented, and sexual predators. All groups demonstrated significant involvement in varied forms of crime, but the sexual predator group was the most violent and had the most serious criminal careers. Connections to the criminal career literature are offered and suggestions for further empirical study of offender typologies are discussed.
AB - Burglary is a serious, costly, and prevalent crime but prior typologies of burglars are mostly speculative and based on qualitative data. Using a sample of 456 adult career criminals, the current study used latent profile analysis to construct a methodologically rigorous quantitative typology. Four classes of burglars emerged: young versatile, vagrant, drug-oriented, and sexual predators. All groups demonstrated significant involvement in varied forms of crime, but the sexual predator group was the most violent and had the most serious criminal careers. Connections to the criminal career literature are offered and suggestions for further empirical study of offender typologies are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00873.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00873.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 18798769
AN - SCOPUS:54949096940
SN - 0022-1198
VL - 53
SP - 1387
EP - 1392
JO - Journal of Forensic Sciences
JF - Journal of Forensic Sciences
IS - 6
ER -
