Juvenile delinquency : understanding the origins of individual differences / Vernon L. Quinsey ... [and others].

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Quinsey, Vernon L.

Series:

• Law and public policy
• The law and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Juvenile delinquency--Psychology.
• Conduct disorders in children.
• Conduct disorders in adolescence.
• Antisocial personality disorders.
• Juvenile delinquency.

Physical Description:

xvii, 240 pages ; 27 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2004]

Contents:

• Chapter 1. Evolutionary Psychology 9
• Evolution by Natural Selection 10
• Identifying an Adaptation 12
• Parental Investment Theory 14
• Sexual Selection 15
• Altruism, Cooperation, and Defection 18
• Genetic Conflict 23
• Emotions 27
• The Case of Jealousy 28
• Mating 30
• Chapter 2. Behavioral Genetics and Delinquency 33
• Heritability and Inheritance 33
• Genetic and Experiential Determinants of Behavior 34
• Behavioral Genetics and the Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection 35
• Partitioning the Variance 37
• Intelligence, Personality, and Delinquency 40
• Heritability of Intelligence and Personality 42
• Evolution and Nonshared Environment 44
• Heritability of Delinquency and Antisocial Behavior 47
• Molecular Genetics 52
• Chapter 3. Proximal Mechanisms and the Development of Juvenile Delinquency 57
• Epidemiology of Delinquency and Socioeconomic Indicators 58
• Neurodevelopment 66
• Family and Peer Influences 75
• Chapter 4. A Taxonomy of Juvenile Delinquency and an Integrated Theoretical Perspective 93
• Adolescence-Limited Delinquency 94
• Persistent Antisociality as Pathology 99
• A Discrete Natural Class of Chronically Antisocial Males 102
• Life-Course-Persistent Antisocial Behavior as an Adaptative Life History Strategy 105
• Chapter 5. Sex Differences in Aggression and Female Delinquency 115
• Developmental Course and Outcome 118
• Sex Differences in Juvenile Delinquency and Recent Trends 121
• Female Juvenile Delinquents and the Juvenile Justice System 122
• Explanations of Female Delinquency 123
• Ultimate Causes of Sex Differences in Aggression and Juvenile Delinquency 131
• Chapter 6. Prevention and Intervention 137
• Intervention for Young Offenders 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-221) and indexes.

ISBN:

159147048X

OCLC:

51923594