Cumulative Risk as a Marker of Social Context
Cumulative risk does not represent cumulative causation. The phenomenon of cumulative risk is best understood as representing the social context. Future research should focus on identifying features of social contexts that provide relevant content to and impact the efficacy of key action (and developmental) processes in crime causation.
Authors
- Kyle Treiber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1769-0576)
- Per‐Olof H. Wikström
Institutions
- Malmö University (SE)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2378
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.40
Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council