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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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1 results foundAuthor: Tzoumakis, Stacy Title: The intergenerational transmission of criminal offending behaviours Summary: Background: Parental offending is associated with a wide-range of adverse outcomes in offspring, but the emphasis has been on examining the role of fathers on offspring offending in adolescence and adulthood. Little intergenerational research has been conducted in Australia on the relationship between maternal and paternal offending and diverse offspring developmental vulnerabilities in childhood. Aim: To determine the associations between parental offending histories and offspring developmental outcomes in a large population-based study of Australian children. This study focused on child outcomes in early and middle childhood, which are key developmental periods for intervention and prevention of antisocial behaviour and aggression. Method: Data were drawn from the New South Wales Child Development Study (NSW-CDS) cohort of 87,026 New South Wales children. The NSW-CDS is an intergenerational data linkage study combining information from cross-sectional surveys at age five and 11 years with administrative records. Analyses were conducted on the first two waves of record linkage conducted to date. Firstly, data were analysed from Record Linkage 1, to determine relationships between parental offending and a range of early childhood (age 5 years) offspring outcomes (i.e., social competence; emotional maturity; language and cognitive development; communication and general knowledge; physical health and wellbeing; and, aggressive behaviour). Secondly, using data from Record Linkage 2, the associations between parental offending and offspring conduct problems in middle childhood (age 11 years) were examined. Findings: Mothers with a history of offending experienced greater risk factors (e.g., socioeconomic disadvantage, mental illness, and offending partners) compared to non-offending mothers. Analyses revealed associations between parental offending and offspring vulnerabilities across a range of developmental domains in early childhood and conduct problems in middle childhood. In early childhood, associations were greatest for cognitive outcomes. Violent and frequent offending had a greater magnitude of association compared to nonviolent and infrequent offending. Both maternal and paternal offending histories were associated with adverse offspring outcomes at both developmental periods. Maternal offending initially seemed to have greater associations compared to paternal offending; however, once both parents’ offending was included in the models, the associations were similar. High levels of assortative mating were observed; the majority of mothers with a history of offending had a partner with a history of offending. Conclusions and Implications: Prevention and intervention efforts should start early in development, include mothers and fathers, and target both behavioural and cognitive problems in children. Future research should examine assortative mating among offending parents and how this influences the development of antisocial behaviour among offspring. Details: Canberra: Criminology Research Council, 2019. 31p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 8, 2019 at: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127298/1/tzoumakis19-1415-FinalReport.pdf Year: 2019 Country: Australia URL: https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127298/1/tzoumakis19-1415-FinalReport.pdf Shelf Number: 155344 Keywords: Delinquency prevention Intergenerational Transmission Parental Criminality |