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Developmental and Life-course Approaches to the Examination of Offending

Thu, Nov 16, 5:00 to 6:20pm, Marriott, Grand Ballroom Salon D, 5th Floor

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

This panel brings together a range of studies that take a developmental and life-course approach to understanding offending over time and across generations. The first paper reports the findings of the relationship of antisocial potential to self reported offending across two generations. The meta-analysis reported in the second paper examines intergenerational transmission of criminal behaviour from both male and female parents to both male and female offspring. A criminal career approach is taken for the examination of hate crimes in the third paper, identifying that those who engage in hate crimes also have prolific and versatile criminal careers. The final paper explores the theme of desistance to assess treatment success of those released from correctional institutions.

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