Chronic offenders were responsible for nearly 70% of the homicides in a study of 5,623 Brazilians born in 1982. They made up 5% of the participants.*

The study is one of those shared in today’s Crime Research Update

(* A small group being responsible for most crime is consistent with studies in other countries.)

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Use this tip sheet to help you integrate the latest research into your work. It's a directory of new crime research published by the academic journals that I monitor, including this study:

Chronic Offending and Its Relation to Homicide in a Large, Prospective Brazilian Birth Cohort

Journal: Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
Keywords: homicide, violence, violent, offender, offending, incarceration
First author: Hugo S. Gomes (Human Development and Violence Research Centre (DOVE) Federal University of Pelotas Pelotas Brazil) [+9 other authors]

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