Week 4 exercises Flashcards

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What are the mechanisms of intergenerational transmission?

A
  1. Exposure to criminogenic risk factors
  2. Negative environmental context
  3. Social learning
  4. Genetic mechanisms
  5. Official bias
  6. Assortative mating (partners with the same traits)
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What is the difference between Exposure to criminogenic risk factors and Creation of negative environmental context? Give the effects and examples

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Exposure to criminogenic risk factors: has a direct effect which means the child is directly influenced by their parent’s criminal activities. Example: parents who traffick drugs.
Creation of negative environmental context: has a mediating effect which means a child is indirectly led to CB. Example: if the parents are imprisoned this creates a negative environment for the child

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3
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How to prevent crime in early childhood?

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Help “at-risk mothers”, by home visits before and after birth

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4
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What is parent self-efficacy?

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It’s about feeling confident in one’s parenting skills and decisions

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