Year: 2012
Type: review
Study design: Systematic Review
Abstract: Over the last several decades, groundbreaking advances have occurred across multiple fields of human sciences.These advances have had the largest effect in the medical field.Current understanding of human development over the life course is more comprehensive, and even more complex.These advances have also nudged the field of criminology toward a more complete model to explain individual behavior, including the influences of early life problems and their effects on behavior.To this end, this research examines factors contributing to behavioral problems early in life, which may assist in the development of antisocial behavior.Utilizing a meta-analytic approach, a synthesis of current perceptions of inducers to antisocial behavior is analyzed.Specifically, this dissertation examines the role of prenatal effects, birth complications, and other early life trauma, onto problematic behavior and aggression.Implications for inclusion of these important times in the life course into theoretical discussion are presented.
Author: David E. Carter
Institution: University of Cincinnati
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2598284689