Early Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Figures......Page 11
Tables......Page 12
Contributors......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
1 Advancing knowledge about the early prevention of adult antisocial behaviour......Page 17
Definition of antisocial behaviour......Page 18
Measurement of antisocial behaviour......Page 19
Epidemiology......Page 20
Development......Page 21
Intragenerational continuity......Page 22
Intergenerational continuity......Page 23
Biological and individual risk factors......Page 24
Family interaction and socio-economic risk factors......Page 25
Peer, school and community risk factors......Page 26
Protective factors......Page 27
Other issues......Page 28
Pregnancy and infancy programmes......Page 29
Preschool programmes......Page 30
Parenting programmes......Page 31
Skills training......Page 32
Peer programmes......Page 33
School programmes......Page 34
Multiple component programmes......Page 35
Community programmes......Page 36
Monetary costs and benefits......Page 38
Ethical, legal and practical issues......Page 39
REFERENCES......Page 40
2 Formulating strategies for the primary prevention of adult antisocial behaviour: ‘high risk’ or ‘population’ strategies?......Page 48
Epidemiology, prevention, and crime......Page 49
Criminal careers and career criminals......Page 51
Antisocial personality disorder and the development of adult antisocial syndromes......Page 54
Community surveys of Antisocial Personality Disorder......Page 58
Prison surveys of Antisocial Personality Disorder......Page 62
Conduct disorder......Page 64
‘High risk’ or ‘population’ strategies?......Page 68
‘High risk’ prevention strategies......Page 69
Screening for Conduct Disorder......Page 70
‘Population’ prevention strategy......Page 71
Applying research into risk and protective factors......Page 73
The Kauai Longitudinal Study......Page 74
The price of ignoring the population strategy: lessons from the USA......Page 78
Public policy and deurbanisation......Page 79
Income distribution or containment of the urban underclass?......Page 82
Conclusion......Page 83
REFERENCES......Page 86
3 Risk factors for adult antisocial personality......Page 95
Definition......Page 97
The unfolding of symptoms over time......Page 99
Developmental models of antisocial personality......Page 100
Developmental conceptualisations......Page 102
Which early manifestations?......Page 103
The prediction of conduct disorder......Page 107
Risk factors......Page 108
Protective factors......Page 111
The significance of comorbid conditions......Page 112
Other impairments......Page 114
Methodological shortcomings of previous research......Page 115
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 116
REFERENCES......Page 117
4 Preventing the inter-generational continuity of antisocial behaviour: implications of partner violence......Page 125
Infancy and early childhood: Young children’s conduct problems are promoted by witnessing violence between the adults in thei......Page 127
Infancy and early childhood: Adult partner who are violent toward each other are also at increased risk of abusing their…......Page 130
Middle childhood: Childhood conduct problems are strong developmental risk factor for adult partner violence......Page 132
Adolescence: Partner violence is not confined to adults; it is a feature of adolescents’ earliest intimate experiences......Page 136
REFERENCES......Page 139
Introduction......Page 146
Basic concepts, research examples, and problems......Page 148
Protective factors......Page 149
Risk factors......Page 153
Behavioural outcome......Page 156
Selected protective factors and processes......Page 159
Biological and psychophysiological factors......Page 162
Temperament characteristics/personality......Page 166
Cognitive competencies......Page 171
Attachment to reference persons......Page 173
Childrearing and educational climate......Page 175
School achievement, school bonding, and employment......Page 178
Social networks and peer groups......Page 180
Self-related cognitions, social cognitions and beliefs......Page 184
Neighbourhood and community factors......Page 187
Conclusions and perspectives......Page 193
REFERENCES......Page 196
6 Prevention during pregnancy, infancy, and the preschool years......Page 221
Prevention of delinquency......Page 225
Method......Page 227
Method......Page 235
Background......Page 236
Results......Page 237
Method......Page 238
Background......Page 239
Results......Page 240
Method......Page 242
Preventing cognitive deficits......Page 243
Method......Page 244
Background......Page 245
Results......Page 246
Preventing inadequate parenting......Page 247
Method......Page 248
Summary of results and discussion......Page 249
REFERENCES......Page 253
7 Prevention through family and parenting programmes......Page 259
Risk and protective factors......Page 260
Prevention experiments......Page 262
Combined interventions......Page 265
The United Kingdom......Page 268
Conclusions......Page 272
REFERENCES......Page 274
Prevention in the school years......Page 281
Classroom organisation, management, and instructional strategies......Page 282
School behaviour management strategies......Page 288
Special education and alternative schools......Page 289
Organisational change in schools......Page 290
School-based prevention curricula......Page 292
Conflict resolution and violence prevention curricula......Page 294
Peer mediation and counselling......Page 295
Bullying prevention......Page 296
Gang prevention programmes......Page 297
After-school recreation programmes......Page 298
Vocational training and employment......Page 299
Conclusion......Page 300
Acknowledgements......Page 301
REFERENCES......Page 302
9 Prevention of antisocial behaviour in females......Page 308
Exclusion of females from studies......Page 309
Antisocial behaviour among women......Page 310
Adult outcomes of antisocial behaviour among girls......Page 313
Can there be a unified theory of antisocial behaviour?......Page 314
A gendered approach......Page 317
Developmental-ecological model......Page 318
What about prevention?......Page 320
What are the rates and patterns of involvement among females?......Page 321
What are the predictors of female antisocial behaviour?......Page 323
Victimisation......Page 324
Are there differential prevention effects? And what works?......Page 325
REFERENCES......Page 327
Introduction......Page 334
Economic costs of crime and victimisation......Page 335
Costs of crime in the United States......Page 337
Techniques of economic analysis......Page 338
Economic analysis framework......Page 339
Review of studies......Page 340
Design and method......Page 341
Results......Page 346
Economic analysis......Page 347
Design and method......Page 348
Economic analysis......Page 349
Results......Page 350
Yale Child Welfare Research Programme......Page 351
Results......Page 352
Design and method......Page 353
Economic analysis......Page 354
Results......Page 356
Quantum Opportunities Programme......Page 357
Results......Page 358
Economic analysis......Page 359
Design and method......Page 360
Job Corps......Page 361
Economic analysis......Page 362
Summary of economic analysis findings......Page 363
Conclusions and research priorities......Page 364
REFERENCES......Page 366
Current knowledge about antisocial behaviour......Page 372
Risk and protective factors......Page 373
Early prevention......Page 374
Goals of prevention programmes......Page 375
Use of existing longitudinal studies......Page 377
High-risk longitudinal studies......Page 378
The accelerated longitudinal-experimental design......Page 379
Putting research into practice......Page 380
Conclusions......Page 382
REFERENCES......Page 383
Index......Page 385