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Identifier	Thesis 2053
Author	Lovetere, D'Arcy N.
Title	Criminality and the life course : a study of the influence of age graded transitions and offending patterns
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2009
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	A significant amount of criminology research and theory has focused on criminals’ past criminal behavior and social-psychological conditions as a way to predict future criminal behavior. Little attention is given to events and transitions that occur throughout a criminal’s life that may cause criminal behavior to decrease (or cease altogether) or continue. For instance, are older persons who commit crime throughout their lives different than those who cease offending? This study looked at the effects of social capital on criminal behavior. This research sought to identify differences between older and younger offenders in terms of their social capital. Specifically, this study further investigated the relationship between family of origin deficiencies, employment, education, romantic relationships, and criminal history. The study used a cross sectional interview research design. Interviews were used because this method would assure that participants would more fully answer the sensitive questions. The sample consisted of thirty adult male offenders residing in a supervised setting and monitored by parole, probation or pretrial supervision. Individual participants provided information on age, family or origin, ethnicity, marital status, employment, education, criminal record and prior incarcerations. This study compared the social capital of offenders who were 30 years old and younger to offenders who were over 30 years old by looking at family relationships, education, employment, and criminal history. The results indicated that there were little differences between the two groups on any of these measures. Overall, this study found that most offenders: (1) came from families that did not have two parents, (2) were the youngest or middle sibling, (3) had little or no contact with their extended families, (4) were involved in romantic relationships, (5) did not have high school educations, (6) were employed but had several prior employers, and (7) had extensive criminal histories. Two key factors were compared between the younger and older offenders: committed relationships and stable employment. Prior theories hypothesized that early risk factors of adolescence and young adulthood can be influenced by positive social capital build throughout the life cycle. The development of social capital is fluid. While this study did not assess the fluidity of social capital, it found that the existence of social capital is an important factor in criminal behavior, regardless of the age of the offender. The findings of this study support the developmental theories, in that, it found that employment and other social supports were weak or nonexistent in both age groups. It appeared that, based in the findings, that the existence (or lack of existence) is more important in determining criminal behavior than age. That is, a person without social capital is more likely to offend regardless of their age.
Subject	Criminal behavior, Prediction of
Department	Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Advisor	Cox, Stephen M
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713734035
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