Turning to crime- Upbringing - Farrington

Turning to crime study about the effects of upbringing - Farrington

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What are the 2 aims of Farringtons study?
1.To document the start, duration & end of offending behaviour from childhood to adulthood in families 2. To investigate the influence of life events the interhenerational transmission of offending behaviour & the influence of family background
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How many boys were orgionally in Farrington's sample? nd how old were they?
411 boys, aged 8-9
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The boys were predominantly what social class?
white working class
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At what age were Farrington's sample last interviewed? and how many were there?
aged 48 and there were 365 interviewed
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At age 48, how many convictions had Farrington's sample been responsible for?
161 convictions
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At what age did offences peak?
age 17
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Farrington found that those who started criminal careers between which ages were nearly all reconvicted?
Between the ages of 10 and 13
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What percentage of the sample were defined as 'Chronic offenders'?
7%
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what is meant by the term 'Chronic offender'?
Offenders that accounted for about half all officially recorded offences in the study
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Define: Persisters
Someone who continues to convict after their 21st birthday
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What 7 characteristics did Farrington say persisters have in common?
Convicted parant, High daring, Delinquent sibling, Young mother, Low popularity, Disrupted family, Large family size
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What age did Farrington conclude early intervention programmes should be aimed at?
The under 10's
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In which 3 places were the boys interviewed?
At school. In a research office and at home
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Who else (other than the boys) provided data for Farrington's study?
Their teachers and parents
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Were boys who lost their mothers or boys who lost their fathers more likely to be delinquent?
Boys who lost their mothers
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