Juvenile Delinquency

by Quinsey, Vernon L.; Skilling, Tracey A., Ph.D.; Laulumiere, Martin L., Ph.D.; Craig, Wendy M., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781591470489
• ISBN10: 159147048X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Amer Psychological Assn

Summary

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Text explains the origins of individual differences among children, adolescents, and young adults in their propensity to engage in aggressive, antisocial, and delinquent behavior. For advanced undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners.

Author Biography

Wendy M. Craig is an associate professor of psychology at Queen's University in Kingston.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 3
Evolutionary Psychology	p. 9
Evolution by Natural Selection	p. 10
Common Misunderstandings	p. 11
Identifying an Adaptation	p. 12
Parental Investment Theory	p. 14
Sexual Selection	p. 15
Altruism, Cooperation, and Defection	p. 18
Genetic Conflict	p. 23
Emotions	p. 27
The Case of Jealousy	p. 28
Mating	p. 30
Comments	p. 32
Behavioral Genetics and Delinquency	p. 33
Heritability and Inheritance	p. 33
Genetic and Experiential Determinants of Behavior	p. 34
Behavioral Genetics and the Fundamental Theorem of Natural Selection	p. 35
Partitioning the Variance	p. 37
Intelligence, Personality, and Delinquency	p. 40
Heritability of Intelligence and Personality	p. 42
Evolution and Nonshared Environment	p. 44
Heritability of Delinquency and Antisocial Behavior	p. 47
Molecular Genetics	p. 52
Comments	p. 55
Proximal Mechanisms and the Development of Juvenile Delinquency	p. 57
Epidemiology of Delinquency and Socioeconomic Indicators	p. 58
Neurodevelopment	p. 66
Family and Peer Influences	p. 75
Comments	p. 91
A Taxonomy of Juvenile Delinquency and an Integrated Theoretical Perspective	p. 93
Adolescence-Limited Delinquency	p. 94
Persistent Antisociality as Pathology	p. 99
A Discrete Natural Class of Chronically Antisocial Males	p. 102
Life-Course-Persistent Antisocial Behavior as an Adaptative Life History Strategy	p. 105
Summary	p. 113
Sex Differences in Aggression and Female Delinquency	p. 115
Defining Aggression	p. 116
Developmental Course and Outcome	p. 118
Sex Differences in Juvenile Delinquency and Recent Trends	p. 121
Female Juvenile Delinquents and the Juvenile Justice System	p. 122
Explanations of Female Delinquency	p. 123
Ultimate Causes of Sex Differences in Aggression and Juvenile Delinquency	p. 131
Comments	p. 135
Prevention and Intervention	p. 137
Prevention	p. 138
Intervention for Young Offenders	p. 153
Summary	p. 168
Epilogue	p. 171
References	p. 175
Author Index	p. 223
Subject Index	p. 233
About the Authors	p. 239
Table of Contents provided by Rittenhouse. All Rights Reserved.