Saving Children from a Life of Crime : Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions

David P. Farrington

ISBN 10: 0195304098 / ISBN 13: 9780195304091

Editore: Oxford University Press, 2006

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - After decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending. High impulsiveness, low attainment, criminal parents, parental conflict, and growing up in a deprived, high-crime neighborhood are among the mostimportant factors. There is also a growing body of high quality scientific evidence on the effectiveness of early prevention programs designed to prevent children from embarking on a life of crime. Drawing on the latest evidence, Saving Children from a Life of Crime is the first book to assess the early causes of offending and what works best to prevent it. Preschool intellectual enrichment, child skills training, parent management training, and home visiting programs are among the mosteffective early prevention programs. Criminologists David Farrington and Brandon Welsh also outline a policy strategy--early prevention--that uses this current research knowledge and brings into sharper focus what America's national crime fighting priority ought to be. At a time when unacceptable crime levels in America, rising criminal justice costs, and a punitive crime policy have spurred a growing interest in the early prevention of delinquency, Farrington and Welsh here lay the groundwork for change with a comprehensive national prevention strategy to savechildren from a life of crime.

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• Titolo: Saving Children from a Life of Crime : Early Risk Factors and Effective Interventions
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0195304098
• ISBN 13: 9780195304091
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 240 L x 161 A x 18 P (millimetri) 240 millimetri di larghezza per 161 millimetri di altezza per 18 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 540 grammi

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After decades of rigorous study in the United States and across the Western world, a great deal is known about the early risk factors for offending. High impulsiveness, low attainment, criminal parents, parental conflict, and growing up in a deprived, high-crime neighborhood are among the most important factors. There is also a growing body of high quality scientific evidence on the effectiveness of early prevention programs designed to prevent children from embarking on a life of crime.

Drawing on the latest evidence, Saving Children from a Life of Crime is the first book to assess the early causes of offending and what works best to prevent it. Preschool intellectual enrichment, child skills training, parent management training, and home visiting programs are among the most effective early prevention programs. Criminologists David Farrington and Brandon Welsh also outline a policy strategy--early prevention--that uses this current research knowledge and brings into sharper focus what America's national crime fighting priority ought to be.

At a time when unacceptable crime levels in America, rising criminal justice costs, and a punitive crime policy have spurred a growing interest in the early prevention of delinquency, Farrington and Welsh here lay the groundwork for change with a comprehensive national prevention strategy to save children from a life of crime.

Informazioni sull?autore

David P. Farrington is Professor of Psychological Criminology in the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University.

Brandon C. Welsh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Massachusetts Lowell.