The phrase "a sample of offenders" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to research, criminal justice, or studies involving individuals who have committed offenses.
Example: "The study analyzed a sample of offenders to understand the patterns of recidivism in the population."
Alternatives: "a group of offenders" or "a selection of offenders".
We use person-year data retrieved from criminal records and population registers on a sample of offenders convicted in the Netherlands in 1977.
This study employed a type of quasi-experimental research design that compared a sample of offenders who underwent community supervision (HotSpot) with a matched sample of offenders who underwent "normal" probation supervision (presample) in Maryland.
The Georgia Sex Offender Registration Review Board, an official body, assessed a sample of offenders on the registry last year and concluded that 65% of them posed little threat.
Offender-based research involves examining data collected from a sample of offenders (Bernasco 2010).
Thirdly, research designs following up on a sample of offenders convicted of child pornography consumption would appear to be the best approach [ 14].
A study from Finland that used a sample of homicide offenders that overlapped with an earlier study [ 7] reported that 10 (8%) of 125 homicide offenders with schizophrenia had committed either a homicide or an attempted homicide [ 16].
A sample of male offenders was selected for a comparison group.
Duration models were used to investigate reconviction risks for a sample of 34,126 offenders released from prison in England and Wales during 1998.
To examine factors moderating P3 amplitude in trait externalizing, we administered an n-back task that manipulated cognitive control demands, working memory load, and incentives to a sample of male offenders.
In the UK, Erooga et al. (2012) used a sample of 19 offenders who were incarcerated or in the community under the supervision of the National Probation Service.
One method of testing this assumption is to directly ask a large sample of offenders why their selection of targets follows a distance decay function and statistically test their responses.
