Methodological Sensitivities to Latent Class Analysis of Long-term Criminal Trajectories

TY - JOUR

T1 - Methodological Sensitivities to Latent Class Analysis of Long-term Criminal Trajectories

AU - Doherty, Elaine

AU - Laub, John H.

AU - Sampson, Robert J.

N1 - Elaine P. Eggleston John H. Laub Robert J. Sampson A recent and growing body of research has employed a semiparametric group-based approach to discover underlying developmental trajectories of crime. Enthusiasm for such latent class models has not been matched with robustness and sensitivity analyses to determine how conclusions from the method vary according to fundamental methodological problems that inhere in criminological data.

PY - 2004/3

Y1 - 2004/3

UR - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B:JOQC.0000016696.02763.ce

M3 - Article

VL - 20

JO - Journal of Quantitative Criminology

JF - Journal of Quantitative Criminology

ER -