Tracking the development of delinquency / Jessica M. Saunders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saunders, Jessica M., 1978-

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquency.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1993 Terrie Moffitt offered a developmental taxonomy of delinquency that proposed three distinct types of juveniles: Life-course-persistent offenders, Adolescence-limited offenders, and Abstainers. Saunders tests both Moffittâ€TMs theory and the modeling methodologies and statistical software that have been used to test it. Saunders finds that group-based trajectory modeling technique is insufficient in capturing the hypothetical subpopulations specified by Moffittâ€TMs theory. Findings were mixed with respect to Moffittâ€TMs hypotheses about the development of delinquency and its causes and c

Contents:

Introduction

Moffitt's taxonomy

A new approach

Baltimore prevention program

Measuring delinquency

Developmental trajectories

Which model fits best?

Moffitt's predictors of group membership

Comprehensively testing Moffitt's theory

Discussion and conclusions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-575-4

OCLC:

773565188