Drugs, Crime, and Other Deviant Adaptations Longitudinal Studies

This volume brings together a sample of the best of the studies that illustrate two recent trends in research on deviant behavior. The first of these trends is the investigation of deviant behavior in longitudinal perspective. Panels of subjects are followed over long periods of time to establish te...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kaplan, Howard B. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1995, 1995
Edition:1st ed. 1995
Series:Longitudinal Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Series
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Introduction
  • 1. Drugs, Crime, and Other Deviant Adaptations
  • II. Common and Pattern-Specific Antecedents and Consequences of Drug Use, Crime, and Other Forms of Deviance
  • 2. The Roles of Mothers and Fathers in Intergenerational Behavioral Transmission: The Case of Smoking and Delinquency
  • 3. Stage of Drug Use, Aggression, and Theft/Vandalism: Common and Uncommon Risks
  • III. Reciprocal Influences among Drug Use, Crime, and Other Forms of Deviance
  • 4. Long-Term Social-Psychological Influences on Deviant Attitudes and Criminal Behavior
  • 5. Relationship between Alcohol and Crime Over the Life Course
  • IV. Intervening Variables in Causal Relationships among Drug Use, Crime, and Other Forms of Deviance
  • 6. Personality, Social Control, and Drug Use in Early Adolescence
  • 7. Family Relationships, School Dropout, and Delinquent Behavior
  • V. Moderators of the Relationships among Drug Use, Crime, and Other Forms of Deviance
  • 8. Self-Attitudes and Antisocial Personality as Moderators of the Drug Use-Violence Relationship
  • 9. A Longitudinal Study of the Conditional Effects of Deviant Behavior on Drug Use among Three Racial/Ethnic Groups of Adolescents
  • VI. Emerging Issues in Longitudinal Research on Deviant Behavior
  • 10. Contemporary Themes and Emerging Directions in Longitudinal Research on Deviant Behavior
  • Author Index