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Glueck and Glueck

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Criminal behaviour declines with age

Early antisocial behaviour is related to chronic criminality

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Philadelphia Birth Cohort

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Criminal behaviour peaks between ages 11 and 16 and then declines

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Cambridge study in delinquent development

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Criminal behaviour declines after the age of 17 years

Early antisocial behaviour was related to chronic criminality

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Coercion Theory

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Criminal and violent behaviour is developed by the family environment.

It is identified by effective parent-child interactions

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Coercive Interactions

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Coercive parenting is using harsh punishment, such as hitting, and yelling. This can lead to the escalation of dysfunctional behaviour

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Cumulative Disadvantage

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Early developmental difficulties that create developmental problems for individuals over their life

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Adolescent-Limited

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  • Adolescence; Desists in young adulthood
  • Normative offences (typical offences teenagers do)
  • Social Mimicry
  • Shifting reinforcement contingencies
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Lifecource Persistent

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  • Life-long pattern of antisocial behaviour
  • Few, persistent, and pathological
  • High-risk environment
  • Offending is more pervasive and serious
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Social Mimicry

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A process where two species share the same environment and compete for the same resources. When one species is more successful at obtaining resources, the other will mimic or adopt these behaviours to becomes more competitive

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Parental Birth Complications

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Developmental difficulties experiences prior to birth

eg, Exposure to toxins

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Perinatal Birth Complications

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Developmental problems experiences immediately before or after birth

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Temperament

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Choosing how you react in a situation

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Externalizing Behaviour Disorders

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A category of mental disorders, experienced by children, that is characterized by behavioural indicators such as fighting, lying, or stealing

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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

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An externalizing behaviour disorder characterized by (1) inattention and (2) hyperactivity and impulsivity

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Oppositional Defiant disorder

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A childhood externalizing behaviour disorder characterized by anger/irritable mood, argumentative or defiant behaviour, and vindicgtiveness

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Parental Practices

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The diverse range of parental behaviours occurring in the family context, including disciplinary approaches, monitoring and supervision strategies, and interactional styles

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Authoritarian

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Very strict

Increased risk for aggression

My way or the highway

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Authoritative

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Flexible

Give you options for vegatiables

high levels of self control

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Permissive

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Low levels of self regulation

Poor school performance

Low parenting and monitoring

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Parental Monitoring

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A process involving several interrelated behaviours, including parents’ awareness and knowledge of their children’s activities and limit setting on children behaviour

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Parental Discipline

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Parental actions designed to correct undesirable or antisocial behaviours as part of the socialization process

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Corporal punishment

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The use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to experience pain but not injury for the purpose of correction or control

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Corporal punishment short-term effects

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Compliance

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Corporal punishment long- term effects

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Aggression

Mental health problems

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Peer rejection

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Children with low sociometric status are more likely to engage in delinquent and aggressive behaviour

Increased in antisocial and aggressive behaviour

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peer Selection

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Peer-rejection children are more likely to socialize with the like-minded peer’s homophily

Peer association is a robust predictor of delinquency

Temptation talk - your peers tell you something else that is not supportive

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Conduct Disorder

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  • Most concerning
  • Aggression towards people and animals
  • property disjunction
  • Lying and likes to rule break

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