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1 results foundAuthor: Goodwin, Vanessa Title: Crime Families: Gender and the Intergenerational Transfer of Criminal Tendencies Summary: While it has been established that there is an intergenerational transmission of criminal behaviour (ie crime can run through generations in families), the role of gender in the intergenerational transfer of criminality has not been fully explored. The impact of a father’s criminality on the subsequent offending of his sons and grandsons has been established, but the impact of a father’s criminality on the offending of his daughter and the impact of a mother’s criminal history on the offending of her sons and/or daughters is less clear. This Tasmanian study of six known criminal families identifies clear differences in the intergenerational transfer of criminality from mothers to their sons and daughters. The influence of paternal (a father’s) criminality on children of both genders is strong, but is particularly strong for male children. The more severe the criminal offending history, the greater likelihood of intergenerational transmission. To prevent the cycle of crime, policymakers should focus their attention on reducing environmental risk through intervention programs targeting children known to be at increased risk of involvement in crime due to the criminality of their parents. Such interventions should incorporate attempts to address the children’s perceptions of themselves as ‘criminals’ in order to reduce the risk of ‘self fulfilling prophecy’. Details: Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology, 2011. 6p. Source: Internet Resource: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, No. 414: Accessed May 9, 2011 at: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/F/7/A/%7BF7A6308F-5486-4A53-9331-80371A373179%7Dtandi414.pdf Year: 2011 Country: Australia URL: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/F/7/A/%7BF7A6308F-5486-4A53-9331-80371A373179%7Dtandi414.pdf Shelf Number: 121658 Keywords: Criminal CareersCycle of CrimeFamilies and CrimeGender and Crime |