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Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 35, No. 5, 583-599 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808314361
© 2008 International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology

Uncollaring the Criminal

Understanding Criminal Careers of Criminal Clerics

Alex R. Piquero

John Jay College of Criminal Justice & City University of New York Graduate Center, apiquero{at}jjay.cuny.edu

Nicole Leeper Piquero

John Jay College of Criminal Justice & City University of New York Graduate Center

Karen J. Terry

John Jay College of Criminal Justice & City University of New York Graduate Center

Tasha Youstin

John Jay College of Criminal Justice & City University of New York Graduate Center

Matt Nobles

University of Florida

Much of the extant work on criminal careers has been conducted on longitudinal samples of children and adolescents in the general population or on samples of officially processed offenders. The researchers herein examined key criminal career dimensions among a large sample of clerics who had allegations of sexual abuse levied against them between the years 1950 and 2002. Results indicate that although some of the clerics' criminal career parameters evince similar patterns to those from other offender samples, there are important differences with respect to onset, career duration, and recidivism. In addition, previously abused clerics as well as clerics who exhibited an early onset of abuse were more likely to accumulate police investigations, whereas married clerics were more likely than nonmarried clerics to evince a higher number of police investigations. Implications and future research directions are outlined.

Key Words: criminal careers • recidivism • clerics • church scandal


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