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Autore |
Saunders Jessica M. <1978-> |
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Titolo |
Tracking the development of delinquency [[electronic resource] /] / Jessica M. Saunders |
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El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., c2009 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Juvenile delinquency |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Moffitt's taxonomy -- A new approach -- Baltimore prevention program -- Measuring delinquency -- Developmental trajectories -- Which model fits best? -- Moffitt's predictors of group membership -- Comprehensively testing Moffitt's theory -- Discussion and conclusions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In 1993 Terrie Moffitt offered a developmental taxonomy of delinquency that proposed three distinct types of juveniles: Life-course-persistent offenders, Adolescence-limited offenders, and Abstainers. Saunders tests both Moffittâ€TMs theory and the modeling methodologies and statistical software that have been used to test it. Saunders finds that group-based trajectory modeling technique is insufficient in capturing the hypothetical subpopulations specified by Moffittâ€TMs theory. Findings were mixed with respect to Moffittâ€TMs hypotheses about the development of delinquency and its causes and c |
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