Sex differences in antisocial behaviour : conduct disorder, delinquency and violence in the Dunedin longitudinal study
Sex differences in antisocial behaviour : conduct disorder, delinquency and violence in the Dunedin longitudinal study
Terrie E. Moffitt ... [et al.].
- Cambridge Cambridge University Press c2001
- xvii, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge Studies in Criminology .
Phil A. Silva is a New Zealand author.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-273) and index.
Why are females antisocial so seldom and males antisocial so often? This key question is addressed in a new approach to sex differences in the causes, course and consequences of antisocial behaviour. The book presents findings from an investigation of 1,000 males and females studied from the ages of 3 to 21 years. It shows that young people develop antisocial behaviour for two reasons. One is a neurodevelopmental disorder afflicting males, with low prevalence in the population, early childhood onset and subsequent persistence. The other form afflicting females as well as males is common and emerges in the context of social relationships. The book offers insights about diagnosis and measurement, the importance of puberty, the problem of partner violence, and the nature of inter-generational transmission.
0521010667
BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION
ADOLESCENTS
CHILD BEHAVIOUR
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
CHILDREN
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
NEW ZEALAND
616.8582 SEX
Phil A. Silva is a New Zealand author.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-273) and index.
Why are females antisocial so seldom and males antisocial so often? This key question is addressed in a new approach to sex differences in the causes, course and consequences of antisocial behaviour. The book presents findings from an investigation of 1,000 males and females studied from the ages of 3 to 21 years. It shows that young people develop antisocial behaviour for two reasons. One is a neurodevelopmental disorder afflicting males, with low prevalence in the population, early childhood onset and subsequent persistence. The other form afflicting females as well as males is common and emerges in the context of social relationships. The book offers insights about diagnosis and measurement, the importance of puberty, the problem of partner violence, and the nature of inter-generational transmission.
0521010667
BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION
ADOLESCENTS
CHILD BEHAVIOUR
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
CHILDREN
Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
YOUNG MEN
YOUNG PEOPLE
YOUNG WOMEN
NEW ZEALAND
616.8582 SEX