Late onset offending and substance use [[electronic resource] ] : findings from the NYSFS / / Kristen L. Welch

• Autore: Welch Kristen L. <1971->
• Pubblicazione: El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.2/4
• Soggetto topico: Criminal behavior; Drug abuse and crime; Criminals - Drug use; Criminal behavior, Prediction of
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The ambiguity of late onset -- Life course criminology and offending trajectories -- Adolescent onset of problem behaviors -- Adult onset of problem behaviors -- Theoretical explanations of late onset -- Methodological issues in studying late onset -- Designing a study of late onset -- Identifying early, normative, and late onset: findings from the NYSFS -- Predictors of early, normative and late onset: patterns of initiation for substance use and offending -- Late onset: mountain or molehill?.
• Sommario/riassunto: Welch analyzes findings from the National Youth Survey Family Study (NYSFS) to determine the frequency and predictors of late onset offending and other problem behaviors in adulthood. She clarifies the conceptualization of late onset, to investigate the contradictions in findings concerning its occurrence, and to determine which factors are significant predictors of late onset. Findings suggest that late onset substance use is rare and late onset offending is even rarer (less than .1% of respondents and less than 1% of all offenders). Due to the rarity of these events, it is extremely difficul
• Titolo autorizzato: Late onset offending and substance use
• ISBN: 1-59332-594-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828414103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)