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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456678903321

Autore

Saunders Jessica M. <1978->

Titolo

Tracking the development of delinquency [[electronic resource] /] / Jessica M. Saunders

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., c2009

ISBN

1-59332-575-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

Criminal justice

Disciplina

364.36

Soggetti

Juvenile delinquency

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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