@article{339244,
      recid = {339244},
      author = {Giordano, Peggy C.},
      title = {Legacies of crime : a follow-up of the children of highly  delinquent girls and boys /},
      publisher = {Cambridge University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge ;},
      pages = {xii, 251 p. :},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {"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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/339244},
}