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Identifying and Predicting Offending Trajectories among Poor Children

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: Using data from the Seattle Social Development Project, we identify childhood predictors of offending trajectories among poor children. Five trajectories are identified: nonoffenders, late onsetters, desisters, escalators, and chronic offenders. Among initial nonoffenders, late onsetters are distinguished from nonoffenders by early alcohol drinking. Among youths already delinquent at age 13, escalators are distinguished from desisters by poor family management, family conflict, association with antisocial peers, the presence of troubled children in their neighborhoods, and drug availability. In contrast to prior findings for a general urban sample, family factors significantly predict desistance from offending by age 18 in children from low-income families.

Source: Social Service Review

DOI: 10.1086/342999

Authors: Ick‐Joong Chung, J. David Hawkins, Lewayne D. Gilchrist, Karl G. Hill, Daniel S. Nagin

Institutions: University of Washington, Duksung Women's University, Carnegie Mellon University

Language: English

Topic: Crime Patterns and Interventions

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse