Hidden Bibliographic Details
| ISBN: | 9780511770302
0511770308
0511767226
9780511767227
9780511764141
0511764146
9780511848322
0511848323
9780511766428
0511766424
9780511810046
0511810040
9780521879712
052187971X
9780521705516
0521705517
9786612653049
6612653043
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "Legacies of Crime explores the lives of seriously delinquent girls and boys in the United States who were followed over a twenty-year period as they grew to adulthood. In-depth interviews with these women and men and their children - a majority now adolescents themselves - depict the adults' economic and social disadvantages and continued criminal involvement, and in turn the unique vulnerabilities of their children. Giordano identifies family dynamics that foster the intergenerational transmission of crime, violence, and drug abuse, rejecting the notion that such continuities are based solely on genetic similarities or even lax, inconsistent parenting. The author breaks new ground in directly exploring - and in the process revising - the basic tenets of classic social learning theories, and confronting the complications associated with the parent's gender. Legacies of Crime also identifies factors associated with resilience in the face of what is often a formidable package of risks favoring intergenerational continuity"--Provided by publisher.
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| Other form: | Print version: Giordano, Peggy C. Legacies of crime. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521879712
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