This study explored how white-collar offending develops across the life course using self-report data.
In contrast to street offending/delinquency, no study to date has explored how white-collar offending develops across the life course using self-report data. This paper fills this gap in the literature by exploring latent developmental profiles of self-reported white-collar offending across a 16-year period. These trajectories are then compared in terms of concurrently reported street crimes. Data for analysis were culled from Waves 7 through 11 of the National Youth Survey Family Study (NYSFS) when the original respondents were between 22 and 44 years old. Six latent offending profiles were identified and were characterized through the lens of previous research and theory. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.