Turning To Crime - Upbringing Flashcards
What method did Farrington use?
- Longitudinal survey lasting 40 years, data collected through interviews
Participants in Farrington?
- 411 boys aged 8+9 from 6 state schools in London
- at age 48, 394 males still alive and 365 interview
- 397 different families involved
How many of Farringtons participants had convictions at age 48?
161
What age did number of offences peak ?
17, closely followed by 18
In Farrington, 93% admitted what?
To committing one type of offence at some stage in their lives
What were chronic offenders?
A small proportion of males in the study (17%) that accounted for about half of all officially recorded offences
- conviction careers last from age 14 to age 35
What was Farringtons aim?
To investigate influence of life events and family background.
Characteristics of chronic offenders
Convicted parent, delinquent sibling, young mother, disrupted family and large family size
Aim of Wikstrom and Tafel
To test what factors are the most significant predictors of criminal behaviour
Participants of Wikstrom and Tafel
2000 14-15 year olds in Peterborough
What were the 3 types of offenders in Wikstrom and Tafel
Propensity induced, lifestyle dependent, situationally dependent
In Sutherland, what were the main factors that influences an individual
Who they associate with, how long for, frequency and how meaningful the associations are
Name one family orientated finding from Farringtons study
At age 20, 48% of those with convicted fathers has convictions
