The development of persistent criminality / edited by Joanne Savage.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Savage, Joanne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime.

Criminals.

Criminology.

Recidivists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (561 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Development of Persistent Criminality addresses one of the most pressing problems of modern criminology: Why do some individuals become chronic, persistent offenders? Because chronic offenders are responsible for the majority of serious crimes committed, understanding which individuals will become chronic offenders is an important step in helping us develop interventions. This volume bridges the gap between the criminological literature, which has recently focused on the existence of various criminal trajectories, and the developmental psychology literature, which has focused on risk facto

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1 Understanding Persistent Offending: Linking Developmental Psychology with Research on the Criminal Career; Part I: The Family, Poverty, and Stressful Life Events; Chapter 2 The Influence of Family Context on the Development and Persistence of Antisocial Behavior; Chapter 3 The Implications of Family Poverty for a Pattern of Persistent Offending; Chapter 4 Strain, Social Support, and Persistent Criminality; Chapter 5 Developmental Trajectories, Stressful Life Events, and Delinquency; Chapter 6 The Effects of Family on Children's Behavioral Difficulties

Part II: Biosocial Influences on Persistent CriminalityChapter 7 Biological Factors and the Development of Persistent Criminality; Chapter 8 A Systematic Approach to Understanding Human Variability in Serious, Persistent Offending; Chapter 9 Perinatal and Developmental Determinants of Early Onset of Offending: A Biosocial Approach for Explaining the Two Peaks of Early Antisocial Behavior; Part III: Special Topics and Populations; Chapter 10 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persistent Female Offending: A Review of Theory and Research

Chapter 11 Foster Care Youth: Aging Out of Care to Criminal ActivitiesChapter 12 Educational Achievement among Incarcerated Youth: Post-Release Schooling, Employment, and Crime Desistance; Part IV: Methodology for Understanding the Criminal Career; Chapter 13 Methodological Issues in the Study of Persistence in Offending; Chapter 14 Group-Based Trajectory Modeling of Externalizing Behavior Problems from Childhood through Adulthood: Exploring Discrepancies in the Empirical Findings; Chapter 15 Sanction Threats and Desistance from Criminality; Part V: Conceptualizing the Persistent Offender

Chapter 16 Serious Juvenile Offenders and Persistent CriminalityChapter 17 Reconsidering Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime: Linking the Micro- and Macro-Level Sources of Self-Control and Criminal Behavior over the Life Course; Chapter 18 A Dynamic Developmental Systems Approach to Understanding Offending in Early Adulthood; Chapter 19 What Drives Persistent Offending? The Neglected and Unexplored Role of the Social Environment; Part VI: Conclusions; Chapter 20 What We Have Learned? Directions for Future Research and Policy; References; Author Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I

JK; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-530) and indexes.

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ISBN:

0-19-029500-7

1-281-94436-X

9786611944360

0-19-971868-7

OCLC:

476245315