Crime and Deviance Through the Life Course: Identification of Distinctive Group Trajectories and Characteristics

9409592纳金这个项目旨在通过研究不同罪犯群体的生活过程来促进犯罪和越轨行为的发展理论。这些理论对反社会行为从童年到成年的演变提供了不同的解释。这个项目的一个目的是测试这一命题，即一些人继续反社会行为的风险大大增加。这项研究将确定这些人的显著特征，并衡量晚年事件的影响，这些事件似乎会导致一些人的犯罪行为减少，另一些人的犯罪行为增加。这一分析将使首席研究员能够确定哪种理论解释最符合这些发现。分析将基于三个重要的数据集：(1)Gluecks(波士顿地区，出生于20世纪20年代的S)收集的犯罪男孩的经典匹配样本，(2)全国青年调查(1976年美国11至17岁的概率样本)，以及(3)新西兰达尼丁对1972-73年出生队列的调查。这三个差异很大的数据集的使用将使首席研究员能够确定研究结果的一般性，从而增强这项研究的理论意义。***

9409592 NAGIN This project aims to advance developmental theories of crime and deviance by examining the life course of different groups of offenders. The theories offer different explanations of the evolution of antisocial behaviors from childhood through adulthood. One purpose of this project is to test the proposition that some individuals are at greatly elevated risk of continuing antisocial behavior. The research will identify the distinguishing characteristics of such individuals and measure the impact of events later in life that appear to cause decreases in criminal behavior for some individuals and increases for others. This analysis will allow the principal investigator to determine which theoretical explanation best fits these findings. The analysis will be conducted on three important data sets: (1) the classic matched sample of delinquent boys assembled by the Gluecks (Boston area, subjects born in the 1920's), (2) the National Youth Survey (U.S. probability sample of 11 to 17 year- olds in 1976), and (3) the Dunedin, New Zealand survey of a 1972- 73 birth cohort. The use of these three widely differing data sets will allow the principal investigator to determine the generality of the findings, thereby enhancing the theoretical significance of this research. ***