02507nam 2200541 a 450 991045667890332120200520144314.01-59332-575-4(CKB)2550000000035437(EBL)837775(OCoLC)773565188(SSID)ssj0000553527(PQKBManifestationID)11361615(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000553527(PQKBWorkID)10505689(PQKB)11657929(MiAaPQ)EBC837775(Au-PeEL)EBL837775(CaPaEBR)ebr10430432(EXLCZ)99255000000003543720081212d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTracking the development of delinquency[electronic resource] /Jessica M. SaundersEl Paso LFB Scholarly Pub.c20091 online resource (191 p.)Criminal justiceDescription based upon print version of record.1-59332-321-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index.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.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 cCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)Juvenile delinquencyElectronic books.Juvenile delinquency.364.36Saunders Jessica M.1978-966071MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456678903321Tracking the development of delinquency2277935UNINA