LEADER 02507nam 2200541 a 450 001 9910456678903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-59332-575-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000035437 035 $a(EBL)837775 035 $a(OCoLC)773565188 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000553527 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11361615 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000553527 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10505689 035 $a(PQKB)11657929 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837775 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837775 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10430432 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000035437 100 $a20081212d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTracking the development of delinquency$b[electronic resource] /$fJessica M. Saunders 210 $aEl Paso $cLFB Scholarly Pub.$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 225 1 $aCriminal justice 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59332-321-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 169-178) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aIn 1993 Terrie Moffitt offered a developmental taxonomy of delinquency that proposed three distinct types of juveniles: Life-course-persistent offenders, Adolescence-limited offenders, and Abstainers. Saunders tests both Moffitta??TMs theory and the modeling methodologies and statistical software that have been used to test it. Saunders finds that group-based trajectory modeling technique is insufficient in capturing the hypothetical subpopulations specified by Moffitta??TMs theory. Findings were mixed with respect to Moffitta??TMs hypotheses about the development of delinquency and its causes and c 410 0$aCriminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC) 606 $aJuvenile delinquency 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aJuvenile delinquency. 676 $a364.36 700 $aSaunders$b Jessica M.$f1978-$0966071 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456678903321 996 $aTracking the development of delinquency$92277935 997 $aUNINA