On the deviant age-crime curve of Afro-Caribbean populations: The case of Antilleans living in the Netherlands

@article{Jennissen2014OnTD,
  title={On the deviant age-crime curve of Afro-Caribbean populations: The case of Antilleans living in the Netherlands},
  author={Roel Jennissen},
  journal={American Journal of Criminal Justice},
  year={2014},
  volume={39},
  pages={571-594}
}
  • R. Jennissen
  • Published 15 January 2014
  • Political Science
  • American Journal of Criminal Justice
The crime figures among Antilleans (people from islands in the Caribbean Sea) residing in the European country of the Netherlands remain high for offenders in their twenties and thirties, unlike other major ethnic groups residing in the Netherlands. The aim of this study is to get a better insight into the backgrounds of the deviances in the shape of the age-crime curve for this ethnic group. The research comprises a quantitative analysis of data regarding people who are registered as an… 
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