Legacies of crime
Subtitle: a follow-up of the children of highly delinquent girls and boys
By: Peggy C. Giordano.
Series: Cambridge studies in criminology
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780521879712
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents -- United States -- Longitudinal studies; Juvenile delinquents -- Family relationships -- United States; Juvenile delinquency -- United States -- Longitudinal studies; Criminal behavior -- United States -- Longitudinal studies
Description: "Legacies of Crime explores the lives of seriously delinquent girls and boys in the United States who were followed over a twenty-year period as they grew to adulthood. In-depth interviews with these women and men and their children - a majority now adolescents themselves - depict the adults' economic and social disadvantages and continued criminal involvement, and in turn the unique vulnerabilities of their children. Giordano identifies family dynamics that foster the intergenerational transmission of crime, violence, and drug abuse, rejecting the notion that such continuities are based solely on genetic similarities or even lax, inconsistent parenting. The author breaks new ground in directly exploring - and in the process revising - the basic tenets of classic social learning theories, and confronting the complications associated with the parent's gender. Legacies of Crime also identifies factors associated with resilience in the face of what is often a formidable package of risks favoring intergenerational continuity"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. Literature review and conceptual framework; 3. The Ohio Life Course study; 4. OLS adult respondents: offending, surviving, parenting; 5. How have the OLS children fared?; 6. The intergenerational transmission process; 7. 'Success stories': it's all relative; 8. Theoretical and policy implications of the OLS study.