Legacies of Crime (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521705516)

Legacies of Crime explores the lives of seriously delinquent girls and boys who were followed over a twenty-year period as they navigated the transition to adulthood. In-depth interviews with these women and men and their children - a majority now adolescents themselves - depict the adults' economic and social disadvantages and continued criminal involvement, and in turn the unique vulnerabilities of their children. Giordano identifies family dynamics that foster the intergenerational transmission of crime, violence, and drug abuse, rejecting the notion that such continuities are based solely on genetic similarities or even lax, inconsistent parenting. The author breaks new ground in directly exploring - and in the process revising - the basic tenets of classic social learning theories, and confronting the complications associated with the parent's gender. Legacies of Crime also identifies factors associated with resilience in the face of what is often a formidable package of risks favoring intergenerational continuity.

Author: Peggy C. Giordano
ISBN-10: 0521705517
ISBN-13: 9780521705516
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/26/2010
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2010