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The Intergenerational Transmission of Offending in a Historical and International Perspective

A special issue of Societies (ISSN 2075-4698).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2018) | Viewed by 22170

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Steve Van de Weijer

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Postdoc Researcher NSCR, De Boelelaan 1077a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interests: life-course criminology; criminal careers; intergenerational transmission; genetic influences on crime
Prof. Dr. Catrien Bijleveld

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Director NSCR, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Professor at the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology at VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Interests: intergenerational continuity in offending; sex offenders; criminal careers; international crimes
Prof. Dr. Barry Godfrey

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Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
Interests: longitudinal studies of crime and sentencing; how individual and structural factors can affect desistence from crime; comparative international studies of offending and sentencing; court culture and practice; the history of Liverpool; and convicts in America and Australia
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The relationship between a parent and a child is one of the most influential and intimate relationships over the life course of an individual. Children resemble their parents in life outcomes such as socioeconomic status, family formation characteristics, and political views. Some families are also stuck in intergenerational patterns of criminal behavior, despite youth care interventions, judicial sanctions, and social mobility. It is therefore not surprising that a vast and growing number of studies have investigated criminal behavior from an intergenerational perspective. This issue is to engage critically with the topic of Intergenerational Transmission of Offending. For this purpose, both conceptual, analytical, quantitative as well as qualitative studies, with perspectives from different scientific disciplines (e.g., criminology, sociology, anthropology, history, biology), engaging with the topic of Intergenerational Transmission of Offending will be considered for this multidisciplinary Special Issue.

Dr. Steve van de Weijer
Prof. Dr. Barry Godfrey
Prof. Dr. Catrien Bijleveld
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Keywords

  • Intergenerational transmission
  • Criminal offending
  • History
  • Cross-national
  • Mechanisms
  • Analytical
  • Quantitative
  • Qualitative
  • Conceptual

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The Role of Parental Maltreatment and Parental Social Control on Self-Reported Violent Offending in Indonesia and the U.S.: Does Gender Make a Difference?
by Stuti S. Kokkalera, Chris E. Marshall and Ineke Haen Marshall
Societies 2018, 8(2), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc8020033 - 26 May 2018
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In this article, we examine the role of parental maltreatment and parental social control in violent delinquency in two different countries: Indonesia and the U.S. but we go further by asking if gender makes a difference. We use a sample of Indonesian and [...] Read more.
In this article, we examine the role of parental maltreatment and parental social control in violent delinquency in two different countries: Indonesia and the U.S. but we go further by asking if gender makes a difference. We use a sample of Indonesian and U.S. youths from ISRD3 data, a self-reported survey instrument administered across multiple countries. We use logistic regressions to examine the associations between parental maltreatment, parental social control and self-reported violent delinquency and test whether gender and country modifies these associations. We find that both gender and country are significant predictors of violent delinquency. Further, there are differences between Indonesian and U.S. youths in terms of the predictors that are associated with violent delinquent offending. Specifically, parental maltreatment in the form of direct exposure to parental violence is a significant predictor for U.S. youths but not Indonesian youths whereas parental supervision is a significant deterrent of violent offending for both. We also find that girls are more likely to report violent offending than males when indirectly exposed to violence. Thus, our findings reiterate that both gender and context matter. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Intergenerational Transmission of Offending in a Historical and International Perspective)
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How Legacies of Genocide Are Transmitted in the Family Environment: A Qualitative Study of Two Generations in Rwanda
by Lidewyde H. Berckmoes, Veroni Eichelsheim, Theoneste Rutayisire, Annemiek Richters and Barbora Hola
Societies 2017, 7(3), 24; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc7030024 - 14 Sep 2017
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The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and its aftermath led to large-scale individual traumatization, disruption of family structures, shifts in gender roles, and tensions in communities, which are all ongoing. Previous research around the world has demonstrated the transgenerational effects of [...] Read more.
The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and its aftermath led to large-scale individual traumatization, disruption of family structures, shifts in gender roles, and tensions in communities, which are all ongoing. Previous research around the world has demonstrated the transgenerational effects of mass violence on individuals, families and communities. In Rwanda, in light of recurrent episodes of violence in the past, attention to the potential ‘cycle of violence’ is warranted. The assumption that violence is passed from generation to generation was first formulated in research on domestic violence and child abuse, but is receiving increasing attention in conflict-affected societies. However, the mechanisms behind intergenerational transmission are still poorly understood. Based on qualitative research with 41 mothers and their adolescent children, we investigated how legacies of the 1994 genocide and its aftermath are transmitted to the next generation through processes in the family environment in Rwanda. Our findings reveal direct and indirect pathways of transmission. We also argue that intergenerational effects might best be described as heterotypic: genocide and its aftermath lead to multiple challenges in the children’s lives, but do not necessarily translate into new physical violence. Further research is needed on how children actively engage with conflict legacies of the past. Full article
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The Role of Heart Rate Levels in the Intergenerational Transmission of Crime
by Steve Van de Weijer, Rinke De Jong, Catrien Bijleveld, Arjan Blokland and Adrian Raine
Societies 2017, 7(3), 23; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc7030023 - 08 Sep 2017
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Several prospective multigenerational studies have shown that crime runs in the family, while empirical research on the biological causes of crime has also established that low heart rate is related to antisocial behavior. This study examines whether the intergenerational transmission of crime is [...] Read more.
Several prospective multigenerational studies have shown that crime runs in the family, while empirical research on the biological causes of crime has also established that low heart rate is related to antisocial behavior. This study examines whether the intergenerational transmission of crime is moderated or mediated by a low heart rate of the son. Prospectively collected conviction data on 794 men from three consecutive generations of the Dutch Transfive dataset is used. Heart rates were measured around age 18, during the medical examination prior to the mandatory military service in the Dutch army. All analyses were conducted separately for violent and non-violent crime. Both paternal violence and low heart rate levels are associated with increased violent offending. Intergenerational transmission of violence was only found among families in which the son had a low heart rate, although the degree of transmission did not differ significantly from families in which the son had a high heart rate. No support was found for a mediating influence of low heart rates of criminals’ offspring on the intergenerational transmission of crime and violence. The results from this study underline the importance to focus on the interaction between biological risk factors and psychosocial risk factors for criminal behavior. Full article
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