Sex differences in antisocial behaviour : conduct disorder, delinquency, and violence in the Dunedin longitudinal study / Terrie E. Moffitt [and three others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moffitt, Terrie E., author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in criminology.

Cambridge studies in criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study.

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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why are females rarely antisocial and males antisocial so often? This key question is addressed in a fresh approach to sex differences in the causes, course and consequences of antisocial behaviour. The book presents findings from a landmark investigation of 1,000 males and females studied from ages 3 to 21 years. It shows that young people develop antisocial behaviour for two main reasons. One form of antisocial behaviour is a neurodevelopmental disorder afflicting males, with low prevalence in the population, early childhood onset and subsequent persistence. The other form of antisocial behaviour, afflicting females as well as males, is common and emerges in the context of social relationships. The book offers insights about diagnosis and measurement, the importance of puberty, the problem of partner violence and the nature of intergenerational transmission. It puts forward an agenda for research about both neurodevelopmental and social influences on antisocial behaviour.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER ONE Introduction; CHAPTER TWO The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study; CHAPTER THREE Sex differences in the amount of antisocial behaviour: dimensional measures; CHAPTER FOUR Sex differences in the prevalence of antisocial behaviour: categorical diagnostic measures; CHAPTER FIVE Sex differences in physical violence and sex similarities in partner abuse; CHAPTER SIX Sex and the developmental stability of antisocial behaviour

CHAPTER TWELVE Do girls who develop antisocial behaviour surmount a higher threshold of risk than their male counterparts?; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Sex differences in the effects of antisocial behaviour on young adult outcomes; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Sex, antisocial behaviour, and mating: mate selection and early childbearing; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Evaluating the recommendation to relax the criteria for diagnosing conduct disorder in girls; CHAPTER SIXTEEN Life-course persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial behaviour among males and females; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Priorities for a research agenda; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-273) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12374-7

1-280-43342-6

9786610433421

0-511-17458-6

0-511-04166-7

0-511-15454-2

0-511-32521-5

0-511-49005-4

0-511-04398-8

OCLC:

225961272