The Cycle of Deviant Behavior

by Kaplan, Howard B.

• ISBN13: 9780387326436
• ISBN10: 038732643X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

To conduct the study on criminal and antisocial behavior at the center of this volume, the authors devoted years to collecting data from a large community sample of first-generation subjects. Data were garnered throughout their early adolescence, twenties, and thirties as well as from these first-generation subjects' biological children during their own early adolescence. The results of these studies have profound implications for future research and methodology on deviant behavior.Within the succinct, information-packed seven chapters of The Cycle of Deviant Behavior: Investigating Intergenerational Parallelism, the authors:- Present an integrative theory of deviant behavior, synthesizing social stress, social control, societal labeling, and other perspectives- Describe the intergenerational cycle of deviant behavior- Identify the relationship between deviance and its significant correlates (e.g., self-rejection)- Explain factors central to motivation toward deviant behaviors and to the continuance or discontinuance of these behaviors across generations- Review the literature on intergenerational parallelism and discuss the methodological limitations of current studies- By providing multiple models of parental transmission of values and culture ' and acknowledging the roles of intervening processes in life ' The Cycle of Deviant Behavior: Investigating Intergenerational Parallelism offers well-rounded insights to a wide range of professional readers, including sociologists, criminologists, and specialists in developmental and abnormal psychology and psychiatry.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Part I Theoretical and Methodological Issues in the Study of Intergenerational Parallelism of Deviance	1	(56)
1. Toward an Understanding of Intergenerational Parallelism of Deviance	5	(36)
2. Method	41	(16)
Part II The Conditional Nature of Intergenerational Parallelism	57	(68)
3. Observing Intergenerational Parallelism in Deviance	59	(14)
4. Moderators of Intergenerational Parallelism	73	(52)
Part III Decomposing Intergenerational Parallelism	125	(68)
5. Intervening Processes	127	(30)
6. Intergenerational Continuity of Intragenerational Causes of Deviant Behavior and Its Correlates	157	(36)
Part IV Retrospect and Prospect	193	(24)
7. Summary and Conclusions	195	(22)
References	217	(18)
Index	235