Childhood risk and protective factors for early desisters, late desisters and life-course persistent offenders
The aim of this article is to investigate the extent to which childhood risk and protective factors predict later persistence or desistance in criminal careers, as it has been argued that childhood factors are not predictive. In the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, 411 London males have be...
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The aim of this article is to investigate the extent to which childhood risk and protective factors predict later persistence or desistance in criminal careers, as it has been argued that childhood factors are not predictive. In the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, 411 London males have been followed up from age 8 to age 56. This article investigates age 8-10 risk and protective factors for 37 life-course-persistent offenders (first offense up to age 20, last offense at age 40 or later), 38 late desisters (first offense up to age 20, last offense at age 21-39), 50 early desisters (first and last offenses up to age 20), 41 late onset offenders (first offense at age 21 or later), and 227 nonoffenders. 18 males were excluded from the analysis because they were not at risk of a recorded conviction from age 40 onwards (because of death or emigration). The results showed that several childhood factors predicted persistence compared with desistance. Individual and school risk factors (e.g. low popularity and low school attainment) were the most important predictors of whether an offender up to age 20 persisted after this age or desisted. Family protective factors (e.g. good child-rearing and high parental interest in education) were most important in protecting offenders from becoming life-course-persistent offenders and encouraging desistance before age 40.
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dialnet-ar-18-ART00013195612021-03-26Childhood risk and protective factors for early desisters, late desisters and life-course persistent offendersFarrington, Davidlongitudinal studyrisk factorsprotective factorslife-course-persistent offendersdesistanceestudio longitudinalfactores de riesgofactores protectoresdelincuentes reincidentesdesistimientoThe aim of this article is to investigate the extent to which childhood risk and protective factors predict later persistence or desistance in criminal careers, as it has been argued that childhood factors are not predictive. In the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, 411 London males have been followed up from age 8 to age 56. This article investigates age 8-10 risk and protective factors for 37 life-course-persistent offenders (first offense up to age 20, last offense at age 40 or later), 38 late desisters (first offense up to age 20, last offense at age 21-39), 50 early desisters (first and last offenses up to age 20), 41 late onset offenders (first offense at age 21 or later), and 227 nonoffenders. 18 males were excluded from the analysis because they were not at risk of a recorded conviction from age 40 onwards (because of death or emigration). The results showed that several childhood factors predicted persistence compared with desistance. Individual and school risk factors (e.g. low popularity and low school attainment) were the most important predictors of whether an offender up to age 20 persisted after this age or desisted. Family protective factors (e.g. good child-rearing and high parental interest in education) were most important in protecting offenders from becoming life-course-persistent offenders and encouraging desistance before age 40.El objetivo principal de este artículo es determinar hasta qué punto los factores de riesgo y de protección de la niñez predicen la persistencia o el abandono en carreras delictivas, ya que se ha argumentado que los factores de la niñez no son predictivos. En el estudio de Cambridge sobre desarrollo delictivo, se realizó el seguimiento a 411 varones londinenses desde los 8 hasta los 56 años. El artículo investiga los factores de riesgo y protección presentes entre los 8 y los 10 años para 37 delincuentes reincidentes (cuyo primer delito habría sido cometido hasta los 20 años y el último delito a la edad de 40 años o más), 38 calificados como desistimiento tardío (primer delito cometido hasta los 20 años y último delito a los 21-39 años), 50 desistimientos tempranos (primer y último delito hasta los 20 años), 41 delincuentes de inicio tardío (primer delito a los 21 años o más) y 227 no delincuentes. 18 varones fueron excluidos del análisis porque no tenían riesgo de una condena registrada a partir de los 40 años (debido a la muerte o la emigración). Los resultados mostraron que varios factores infantiles predijeron la persistencia en comparación con el desistimiento. Los factores de riesgo individuales y escolares (por ejemplo, baja popularidad y bajo rendimiento escolar) fueron los factores predictores más importantes de si un delincuente hasta los 20 años persistió después de esta edad o desistió. Los factores de protección de la familia (por ejemplo, la buena crianza de los hijos y el alto interés de los padres en la educación) fueron los más importantes para proteger a los delincuentes de que se conviertan en delincuentes persistentes en el curso de la vida y alentar el abandono antes de los 40 años.2019text (article)application/pdfhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=6877870(Revista) ISSN 1696-9219Revista Española de Investigación Criminológica: REIC, ISSN 1696-9219, Nº. 17, 2019engLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI
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