Intergenerational Transmission of Crime

A few days ago in class we discussed the intergenerational transmission of crime. I was not able to get into as much detail as I would have liked due to time restrictions and our use of a textbook, but I wanted to provide additional reading materials for those interested in this topic. These could be useful sources if you need to write a research paper on this topic or just have a genuine interest in the topic.

• Labeling and Intergenerational Transmission of Crime: The Interaction Between Criminal Justice Intervention and a Convicted Parent (Besemer, Farrington, & Bijleveld, 2017)

• Family factors in the intergenerational transmission of offending (Farrington, Coid, & Murray, 2009)

• Parental criminality, family violence and intergenerational transmission of crime within a birth cohort (Junger, Greene, Schipper, Hesper, & Estourgie, 2013)

• Intergenerational transmission of criminal behaviour: Conviction trajectories of fathers and their children (Besemer & Farrington, 2012)

• Linked Lives: The Intergenerational Transmission of Antisocial Behavior (Thornberry, Freeman-Gallant, Lizotte, Krohn, & Smith, 2003)