Farrington Et Al: Criminal Careers And Life Success

Question 1

Method

Answer 1

Logitudinal study

Used interviews and secondary data

Question 2

Participants

Answer 2

411 boys

8/9 yrs, from 6 state schools in south east London

White working class

Question 3

Procedure

Answer 3

Interviewed boys, parents and teachers when they were 8/9 and followed them through life for 20 yrs

Secondary data: school achievement, criminal and medical records, jobs and relationships

Identified correlations with delinquent and criminal behaviour

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

At age 48: 404 individual searched in the criminal records and 161 have convictions

• number of offences peaked at age 17 closely followed by 18
• those that started criminal careers 10-13 were all convicted at least once
• 7% chronic offenders , showed common child hood characteristic:
  Convicted parents, daring, delinquent sibling, young mother, low popularity, large disrupted family
• proportion of men leading successful lives increased from 78% at age 32 to 88% at age 44
• 93% admitted to committing one type of offence

Question 5

Aim

Answer 5

To document offending behaviour from childhood to adulthood and investigate influence of life events