Risk factor (criminology)

Risk factor research has proliferated within the discipline of Criminology in recent years, based largely on the early work of Sheldon and Eleanor Glueck in the US and David Farrington in the UK.^[1] The identification of risk factors that are allegedly predictive of offending and reoffending (especially by young people) has heavily influenced the criminal justice policies and practices of a number of first world countries, notably the UK, the USA and Australia.

^ Carrabine, E.; Cox, A.; Cox, P.; Crowhurst, I.; Di Ronco, A.; Fussey, P.; Sergi, A.; South, N.; Thiel, D.; Turton, J. (2020). Criminology: A Sociological Introduction. Taylor & Francis. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-351-34382-4. Retrieved 28 January 2021. The Gluecks' studies helped to lay the foundations for what has since become known as 'risk factor research' – a theme that has subsequently dominated developmental criminology and generated two central research questions that continue ...

[Carrabine_Cox_Cox_Crowhurst_2020_p._194-1] Carrabine, E.; Cox, A.; Cox, P.; Crowhurst, I.; Di Ronco, A.; Fussey, P.; Sergi, A.; South, N.; Thiel, D.; Turton, J. (2020). Criminology: A Sociological Introduction. Taylor & Francis. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-351-34382-4. Retrieved 28 January 2021. The Gluecks' studies helped to lay the foundations for what has since become known as 'risk factor research' – a theme that has subsequently dominated developmental criminology and generated two central research questions that continue ...

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