Farrington
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- Created on: 12-04-16 18:35
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- Farrington
- Aims:
- 1. To document the start, durations and end of offending behaviour from childhood to adulthood in families.
- 2. To investigate influence of life events and family backgrounds.
- 3. To identify the risks and factors predicting offending and antisocial behaviour.
- Design:
- LONGITUDINAL survey. Lasted for 40 years. Data was gathered via INTERVIEWS with participants.
- Participants:
- 411 BOYS aged 8-9. From 6 state schools in South LONDON. Mainly WHITE, WORKING CLASS boys.
- 40 years later, 394 of the original sample was still alive, however only 365 were INTERVIEWED.
- Results:
- At age 48, of 404 individuals searched for a criminal record, 161 had CONVICTIONS.
- If the boys committed crimes between 10-13, re offending rates were 9/10, with 91% having MORE than 1 conviction.
- Self-reported crimes not covered by the official statistics (not caught or convicted) show that 93% of the sample claimed to have committed AT LEAST 1 offence during their lives.
- Those who were convicted both before AND after their 21ST birthday were known as PERSISTERS. These were found to share common CHARACTERISTICS.
- POSITIVE CORRELATION found between those who have a CONVICTED PARENT and the PERSISTERS. Those who had parents NOT convicted were LESS LIKELY to be involved in crime.
- Perisisters found to be very HIGH DARING, had a DELINQUENT SIBLING, YOUNG MOTHER, LOW POPULARITY, DISRUPTED/LARGE FAMILY.
- Conclusions:
- Most important RISK FACTORS: CRIMINALITY IN FAMILY, POVERTY, IMPULSIVENESS, POOR CHILD REARING, POOR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.
- EARLY PREVENTION which aims to reduce offending will also reduce problems in ACCOMMODATION, RELATIONSHIPS, EMPLOYMENT, AGGRESSIVE behaviour, ALCOHOL and DRUG abuse.
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