Legacies of Crime explores the lives of seriously delinquent girls
and boys in the United States who were followed over a twenty-year
period as they grew 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.
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