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Juvenile delinquency : understanding the origins of individual differences / Vernon L. Quinsey ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Law and public policy
- The law and public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Juvenile delinquency--Psychology.
- Juvenile delinquency.
- Conduct disorders in children.
- Conduct disorders in adolescence.
- Antisocial personality disorders.
- 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
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