Antisocial Behavior and Crime

by Bliesener, Thomas; Beelmann, Andreas; Stemmler, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780889374249
• ISBN10: 0889374244
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-11-30
• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Pub

Summary

Leading experts review the latest findings and recommendations concerning the roots and prevention of antisocial behavior and crime The developmental perspective is becoming increasingly significant in criminology and in research on antisocial and criminal behavior. Developmental criminology can explain the stability of antisocial behavior as well as how it emerges and disappears across the life span. This volume brings together many of the most renowned scientists in the field. They report the latest findings, explain various phenomena and trajectories of antisocial behavior, and present new research methods. In a series of reviews, they analyze the significance of biological, psychological, and social risk factors in the development of antisocial behavior and show how these findings can be applied not only in crime prevention, criminal justice, and offender treatment, but also in the risk management of young offenders.

Table of Contents

Preface In Honor of Friedrich Lösel	p. V
Developmental Courses of Antisocial Behaviors
Environmental, Genetic and Epigenetic Influences on the Developmental Origins of Aggression and other Disruptive Behaviors	p. 3
Subtypes of Aggressive Behaviors: Etiologies, Development, and Consequences	p. 17
Developmental Sequences and Pathways Towards Serious Delinquency and Substance Use	p. 39
Persistent Juvenile Offenders	p. 53
Risk and Protective Factors in Antisocial Behaviors
Protective and Promotive Factors in the Development of Offending	p. 71
Family Factors in the Development of Antisocial Behavior	p. 89
Social Sources of Crime Propensity: A Study of the Collective Efficacy of Families, Schools, and Neighbourhoods	p. 109
Media Consumption and Violence in Schools	p. 123
Crime Prevention, Offender Treatment, and Rehabilitation
The Scientific Foundation of Prevention: The Status quo and Future Challenges for Developmental Crime Prevention	p. 137
Measuring Conflict of Interest in Prevention and Intervention Research: A Feasibility Study	p. 165
Effective Interventions for Juvenile Offenders: Using Meta-Analysis to Bridge from Research to Practice	p. 181
Offender Desistance Policing (ODP): Less Prison and More Evidence in Rehabilitating Offenders	p. 199
Risk Management and Criminal Justice
Violence Risk Assessment: Things that I Have Learned So Far	p. 221
Comprehensive Risk Management Instruments for Serious and Violent Young Offenders: Challenges and Advantages	p. 239
Forensic Psychological Assessment in the Criminal Justice System: Development and Perspectives in Germany	p. 261
Young Offenders and Legal Competencies	p. 275
Research Methods in Developmental Criminology
The Development of Delinquent Behavior: Variable- and Person-Oriented Methods of Analysis	p. 293
Latent Growth Curve Modeling and the Study of Problem Behavior in Girls	p. 315
Evaluating a National Program: Effects of No Child Left Behind on Math Achievement in the United States	p. 333
Principles of Symmetry in Evaluation Research with Implications for Offender Treatment	p. 357
List of Contributors	p. 369
Subject Index	p. 373
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