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200			_aCrime by proxy _ecoercion and altruism in adolescent shoplifting _fJanne Kivivuori
311			_aResumo inserto no próprio artigo.
330			_aHistorical criminology has described the underworld role of Fagin - an adult who forces, seduces or teaches minors to commit crimes for him. In contemporary debates, it is sometimes feared that adolescents cunningly evade criminal law recruiting younger children to commit offences for them. The present article reports findings from three studies charting the prevalence and correlates of proxy crime among Finnish juvenile offenders. First, a preliminary study is briefly described, pinpointing shoplifting as a typical proxy crime. Second, the prevalence and correlates of proxy shoplifting are described by using a nationally representative community sample (N = 6,279). Of all 15-16-year-old respondents, 7.2 per cent had shoplifted for someone else. Third, a qualitative dataset including convicted property offenders (N = 12) is re-analysed from the point of view of how proxy crime may initiate serious criminal careers. The study suggests that while proxy crime may sometimes play a role at the onset of criminal careers, it is predominantly an inter-adolescent phenomenon, reflecting coercive and altruistic motives.
461			_cOxford _dSeptember 2007 _vVol. 47, n. 5 _tBritish Journal of Criminology (The) _x0007-0955 _pp. 817-833
606			_aCRIMINALIDADE _9224783
606			_aJOVEM _9100424
606			_aESTUDO DE CASOS _9322367
606			_aREINO UNIDO _9334328
700			_aKIVIVUORI _bJanne _9328397