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Like Parent Like Child? The Role of Delayed Childrearing in Breaking the Link Between Parent’s Offending and Their Children’s Antisocial Behavior

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of parents' history of violent offending, their age at first birth, and the interaction of the two on their adolescent children's violent behavior. We employ intergenerational longitudinal data from the Rochester Youth Development Study to estimate parental trajectories of offending from their early adolescence through early adulthood. We show that the particular shape of the parents' propensity of offending over time can interact with their age at first birth to protect their children from delinquency. We investigate these relationships for children at 6 and 10 years of age. We find that for some groups delaying childrearing can insulate children from their parents' offending.

Source: Justice Quarterly

DOI: 10.1080/07418825.2013.771206

Authors: Alan J. Lizotte, Matthew D. Phillips, Marvin D. Krohn, Terence P. Thornberry, Shawn D. Bushway, Nicole M. Schmidt

Institutions: University at Albany, State University of New York, University of Florida, University of Maryland, College Park, Northeastern 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

Open Access status: green