A new method for studying the extent, stability, and predictors of individual specialization in violence

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Detecting Specialization in Offending: Comparing Analytic Approaches (2009, methodology): “Thus, there are a number of factors confounded with measurement and analytic strategies, leaving scholars to contemplate areas of overlap and divergence ( Osgood and Schreck 2007; Piquero et al. 1999).”
Gangs and Violence: Disentangling the Impact of Gang Membership on the Level and Nature of Offending (2013, methodology): “Osgood and Schreck (2007), Dean, Armstrong, and Felson (2005), and Sullivan and colleagues (2009) have reviewed these issues in great detail, and thus we limit our discussion to an overview of the problems associated with such research as they pertain to gangs.”
A Life-Course Analysis of Offense Specialization Across Age: Introducing a New Method for Studying Individual Specialization Over the Life Course (2011, methodology): “…1986; Britt, 1996; Farrington, Snyder, & Finnegan, 1988; Lynam, Moffitt, & Piquero, 2004; Mazerolle, Brame, Paternoster, Piquero, & Dean, 2000; Osgood & Schreck, 2007; Piquero, 2000; Piquero, Paternoster, Mazerolle, Brame, & Dean, 1999; Sullivan, McGloin, Pratt, & Piquero, 2006; Sullivan,…”