David P. Farrington / Rolf Loeber / Magda Stouthamer-Loeber / Evelyn Wei / Helene Raskin White (eds.)

Violence and Serious Theft

Development and Prediction from Childhood to Adulthood
Herausgeber: Loeber, Rolf; White, Helene Raskin; Stouthamer-Loeber, Magda; Farrington, David P

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Produktbeschreibung

In Violence and Serious Theft, top experts in the field of delinquency discuss the implications of the findings of the Pittsburgh Youth Study for current conceptualizations of antisocial behavior. This text is a resource for researchers, practitioners and students in developmental, school and counseling psychology; psychopathology, psychiatry, public health and criminology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 159mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9780805852226
• ISBN-10: 0805852220
• Artikelnr.: 23821699

Autorenporträt

Rolf Loeber, PhD, is distinguished professor of psychiatry, and professor of psychology and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh, as well as professor of juvenile delinquency and social development, at Free University, the Netherlands. David P. Farrington, PhD, is professor of psychological criminology at Cambridge University. Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, PhD, is associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. Helene Raskin White, PhD, is professor of sociology with a joint appointment in the Center of Alcohol Studies and Sociology Department at Rutgers University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction and Methods. Introduction and Key Questions. The
Pittsburgh Youth Study: Its Design, Data Collection, and Early Key
Findings. Measurement Instruments and Constructs. Part II: Epidemiology of
Violence, Serious Theft, Substance Use, Drug Dealing and Gang Membership.
The Age-crime Curve in Reported Offending. Comparing Arrests and
Convictions with Reported Offending. Substance Use, Drug Dealing, Gang
Membership, and Gun Carrying and Their Predictive Associations with Serious
Violence and Serious Theft. Part III: Prediction of Violence, Serious Theft
and Desistance. Promotive and Risk Processes at Different Life Stages.
Developmental Trajectories of Violence and Theft. Desistance From and
Persistence in Offending. Part IV: Conclusions. Conclusions and Policy
Implications.