The Cycle of Deviant Behavior

To conduct the study on criminal and antisocial behavior at the center of this volume, the authors devoted years to collecting data from a large community sample of first-generation subjects. Data were garnered throughout their early adolescence, twenties, and thirties as well as from these first-generation subjects' biological children during their own early adolescence. The results of these studies have profound implications for future research and methodology on deviant behavior. This book presents an integrative theory of deviant behavior, synthesizing social stress, social control, societal labeling, and other perspectives. It describes the intergenerational cycle of deviant behaviour and identifies the relationship between deviance and its significant correlates (e.g., self-rejection). The book offers well-rounded insights to a wide range of professional readers, including sociologists, criminologists, and specialists in developmental and abnormal psychology and psychiatry.

Describes the cycle of intergenerational continuity of deviant behavior and its correlates Presents analyses guided by a widely respected integrative theory of deviant behavior Uses data from a prospective multigeneration longitudinal study Collects data from reports of parents and biological children at the same developmental stage (early adolescence) Explains intergenerational parallelisms in terms of moderating variables, intervening processes, and intergenerationally continuous common antecedents Applies structural equation modeling to data from a large in-community sample Provides extensive reviews of the literature on intergenerational parallelisms Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Contenu
Theoretical and Methodological Issues in the Study of Intergenerational Parallelism of Deviance.- Toward an Understanding of Intergenerational Parallelism of Deviance.- Method.- The Conditional Nature of Intergenerational Parallelism.- Observing Intergenerational Parallelism in Deviance.- Moderators of Intergenerational Parallelism.- Decomposing Intergenerational Parallelism.- Intervening Processes.- Intergenerational Continuity of Intragenerational Causes of Deviant Behavior and Its Correlates.- Retrospect and Prospect.- Summary and Conclusions.