Legacies of crime : a follow-up of the children of highly delinquent girls and boys /
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| Author / Creator: | Giordano, Peggy C. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in criminology Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press) |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11826499 |
| Summary: | Legacies of Crime explores the lives of seriously delinquent girls and boys who were followed over a twenty-year period as they navigated the transition 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 251 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511770302 0511770308 0511767226 9780511767227 9780511764141 0511764146 9780511848322 0511848323 9780511766428 0511766424 9780511810046 0511810040 9780521879712 052187971X 9780521705516 0521705517 9786612653049 6612653043 |