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Sex differences in antisocial behaviour : conduct disorder, delinquency, and violence in the Dunedin longitudinal study / Terrie E. Moffitt ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge criminology series
- Cambridge studies in criminology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conduct disorders in adolescence--Sex differences--Longitudinal studies.
- Conduct disorders in adolescence.
- Antisocial personality disorders--Sex differences--Longitudinal studies.
- Antisocial personality disorders.
- Juvenile delinquency--Sex differences--Longitudinal studies.
- Juvenile delinquency.
- Juvenile delinquency--Sex differences.
- Sex differences.
- Genre:
- Longitudinal studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- A fresh approach to sex differences in the causes, course and consequences of antisocial behaviour.
- Contents:
- 2 The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study 10
- 3 Sex differences in the amount of antisocial behaviour: dimensional measures 23
- 4 Sex differences in the prevalence of antisocial behaviour: categorical diagnostic measures 38
- 5 Sex differences in physical violence and sex similarities in partner abuse 53
- 6 Sex and the developmental stability of antisocial behaviour 71
- 7 Sex and the age of onset of delinquency and conduct disorder 81
- 8 Sex effects in risk predictors for antisocial behaviour: are males more vulnerable than females to risk factors for antisocial behaviour? 90
- 9 Sex effects in risk predictors for antisocial behaviour: are males exposed to more risk factors for antisocial behaviour? 109
- 10 Can sex differences in personality traits help to explain sex differences in antisocial behaviour? 123
- 11 Sex and comorbidity: are there sex differences in the co-occurrence of conduct disorder and other disorders? 135
- 12 Do girls who develop antisocial behaviour surmount a higher threshold of risk than their male counterparts? 151
- 13 Sex differences in the effects of antisocial behaviour on young adult outcomes 159
- 14 Sex, antisocial behaviour, and mating: mate selection and early childbearing 184
- 15 Evaluating the recommendation to relax the criteria for diagnosing conduct disorder in girls 198
- 16 Life-course persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial behaviour among males and females 207
- 17 Priorities for a research agenda 227.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-273) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521804450
- 0521010667
- OCLC:
- 45620984
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