Legacies of crime : a follow-up of the children of highly delinquent girls and boys / Peggy C. Giordano.
2010
HV9104 .G549 2010 (Mapit)
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Legacies of crime : a follow-up of the children of highly delinquent girls and boys / Peggy C. Giordano.
Author
Giordano, Peggy C.
ISBN
9780521879712
052187971X
9780521705516 (pbk.)
0521705517 (pbk.)
052187971X
9780521705516 (pbk.)
0521705517 (pbk.)
Publication Details
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xii, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HV9104 .G549 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
364.36
Summary
"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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Literature review and conceptual framework
The Ohio life-course study; 4. OLS adult respondents: offending, surviving, parenting
How have the OLS children fared?
The intergenerational transmission process
'Success stories': it's all relative
Theoretical and policy implications of the OLS study.
Literature review and conceptual framework
The Ohio life-course study; 4. OLS adult respondents: offending, surviving, parenting
How have the OLS children fared?
The intergenerational transmission process
'Success stories': it's all relative
Theoretical and policy implications of the OLS study.