The Development of Criminal and Antisocial Behavior

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. 1 Introduction: Understanding Criminal and Antisocial Behavior Within a Developmental and Multidisciplinary Perspective

   • Julien Morizot, Lila Kazemian

   Pages 1-16

3. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Developmental Criminology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. 2 Developmental and Life-Course Theories of Offending

      • David P. Farrington, Maria M. Ttofi

      Pages 19-38

   3. 3 Antisocial Behavior Before the Age–Crime Curve: Can Developmental Criminology Continue to Ignore Developmental Origins?

      • Richard E. Tremblay

      Pages 39-49

   4. 4 Age–Crime Curve and Criminal Career Patterns

      • Matt DeLisi

      Pages 51-63

   5. 5 Why Developmental Criminology Is Still Coming of Age: The Influence of Biological Factors on Within-Individual Change

      • Rolf Loeber, Amy L. Byrd, David P. Farrington

      Pages 65-73

   6. 6 Developmental Trajectories and Antisocial Behavior Over the Life-Course

      • Alex R. Piquero, Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez, Wesley G. Jennings

      Pages 75-88

   7. 7 Longitudinal Research Designs for Studying Criminal and Antisocial Behavior Development: Lessons from Past and Present Studies

      • Scott Menard

      Pages 89-105

4. Risk, Vulnerability, Promotive, Protective, and Desistance Factors

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107

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   2. 8 A Review of the Genetic and Gene–Environment Interplay Contributors to Antisocial Phenotypes

      • Kevin M. Beaver, Joseph A. Schwartz, Jamie M. Gajos

      Pages 109-122

   3. 9 Executive Function and Intelligence in the Development of Antisocial Behavior

      • Jean R. Séguin, Michelle Pinsonneault, Sophie Parent

      Pages 123-135

   4. 10 The Contribution of Temperament and Personality Traits to Criminal and Antisocial Behavior Development and Desistance

      • Julien Morizot

      Pages 137-165

   5. 11 Prenatal and Perinatal Factors in the Development of Persistent Criminality

      • Stephen G. Tibbetts, Jose Rivera

      Pages 167-180

   6. 12 Early Abuse and Neglect as Risk Factors for the Development of Criminal and Antisocial Behavior

      • Patricia K. Kerig, Stephen P. Becker

      Pages 181-199

   7. 13 Familial Influences on the Development of Serious Conduct Problems and Delinquency

      • Dustin A. Pardini, Rebecca Waller, Samuel W. Hawes

      Pages 201-220

   8. 14 Peers and Delinquency: A Genetically Informed, Developmentally Sensitive Perspective

      • Frank Vitaro, Mara Brendgen, Eric Lacourse

      Pages 221-236

   9. 15 How School and Education Impact the Development of Criminal and Antisocial Behavior

      • Allison Ann Payne, Kelly Welch

      Pages 237-251

   10. 16 Neighborhood Context and the Development of Criminal and Antisocial Behavior

       • Margaret C. Elliott, Veronique Dupéré, Tama Leventhal

       Pages 253-265

   11. 17 Media Exposure and Consumption as Risk Factors in the Development of Antisocial Behavior

       • Dave Miranda, Camille Blais-Rochette, Severina Borisevich

       Pages 267-281

This edited book summarizes the current state of knowledge on the development of criminal and antisocial behavior over the life course. It focuses mainly on the developmental perspective, which has had a paradigmatic influence on current theoretical and empirical works in criminology. With a multidisciplinary perspective, the book reviews: (a) the fundamental concepts of developmental criminology; (b) the risk factors and developmental processes related to the most salient personal (e.g., genetics, personality) and environmental (e.g., family, peers, school) domains explaining the development of criminal and antisocial behavior; (c) the developmental issues related to a number a special themes (e.g., women criminality, street gangs) and (d) the applied and policy implications of research in developmental criminology. In each chapter, prominent researchers from different disciplines such as criminology and psychology summarize the state of knowledge on a specific topic, identify the shortcomings of past research, offer recommendations for future research needs.

• Antisocial Behavior
• Criminological Theory
• Development of Aggressive Behavior
• Developmental Criminology
• Juvenile Delinquency
• Life-Course Criminology

• School of Psychoeducation, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

  Julien Morizot

• Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, New York, USA

  Lila Kazemian

Lila Kazemian is a graduate of Université de Montréal in Canada, and she earned the Ph.D. in criminology at the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge in England. She joined the sociology faculty of John Jay College in 2006 after completing a post-doctoral fellowship funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK). Her research interests include life-course and criminal career research, desistance from crime, offender reentry and comparative criminology.

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