Farrington

Question 1

What are some upbringing factors that could make children turn to crime?

Answer 1

poverty in the family 
lack of morals 
crime is a norm in the household
parent commits crime 
living in poorer area 
friends with delinquent behavior

Question 2

what are the aims of farrington ?

Answer 2

document the offending behavior from childhood to adulthood in families
to investigate the influence of live events; the risk and protective factors predicting offending and anti-social behavior ; the inter-generation transmission of offending and the influence of family background

Question 3

what kind of study was farrington?

Answer 3

longitudinal

Question 4

how many participants were in farrington and what were their age and gender?

Answer 4

411 boys aged 8-9

Question 5

what were the location, class and race of these boys?

Answer 5

east london, white working class males

Question 6

what time was this study conducted?

Answer 6

1953/4

Question 7

what age were boys last interviewed?

Answer 7

48

Question 8

how many were sill alive by the final interview?

Answer 8

394

Question 9

how many of the interviewees had convictions?

Answer 9

161

Question 10

what age did offenders peak?

Answer 10

17, numbers and offenses increased

Question 11

what happened to those who committed crime early?

Answer 11

if individuals started criminal careers between the ages of (10-13) 91% were re-convicted

Question 12

what method was used in this study?

Answer 12

interviews and questionnaires completed by teachers

Question 13

what was the average crime from those who started crime from 14-16?

Answer 13

6

Question 14

how many crimes did these young offenders account for?

Answer 14

77% (620 out of 808)

Question 15

how many individuals said they committed at least 1 crime?

Answer 15

93%

Question 16

What is a chronic offender?

Answer 16

an individual with a long criminal career , lasted from ages 14-35

Question 17

how many were classed as chronic offenders?

Answer 17

7%

Question 18

what characteristics did the chronic offenders have in common ?

Answer 18

convicted before the age of 21 
convicted parents
daring 
a delinquent sibling 
young mother 
low popularity 
disrupted family and large family size

Question 19

what are desiters?

Answer 19

those who committed crime up to the age of 20 and there were no difference in terms of success from those who had never been convicted

Question 20

what name was given to those who stopped committing crime at the age of 20?

Answer 20

desisters

Question 21

what percentage had a convicted mother and a conviction themselves?

Answer 21

54%

Question 22

what percentage did not have a convicted mother but had a conviction themselves ?

Answer 22

23%

Question 23

what percentage had a convicted farther and a conviction themselves?

Answer 23

48%

Question 24

what percentage did not have a convicted farther but a conviction themselves?

Answer 24

19%

Question 25

what is one conclusion that cane be drawn?

Answer 25

offenders tend to be deviant in all aspects of their life

Question 26

what is a second conclusion that can be drawn?

Answer 26

most important risk for criminality in the family are: poverty, impulsiveness, poor child rearing and poor school performance

Question 27

what is a third conclusion that can be drawn?

Answer 27

therefore early intervention programmes for under 10s could have significant impact in reducing offending.

Question 28

what are some critiques of this study?

Answer 28

lacks females (not representative ) 
doesn't consider biological factors ( reductionist) 
only uses schools in London ( possibly only inner city families) 
runs the risk of attrition as longitudinal

Question 29

what are the positives to this study?

Answer 29

able to see development into criminal careers
reliable methods used could be repeated
lots of quantitative data , easy to analyse