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Adolescence-limited and life-course-persistent antisocial behavior: a developmental taxonomy
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A dual taxonomy is presented to reconcile 2 incongruous facts about antisocial behavior: (a) It shows impressive continuity over age, but (b) its prevalence changes dramatically over age, increasing almost 10-fold temporarily during adolescence. This article suggests that delinquency conceals 2 distinct categories of individuals, each with a unique natural history and etiology: A small group engages in antisocial behavior of 1 sort or another at every life stage, whereas a larger group is antisocial only during adolescence. According to the theory of life-course-persistent antisocial behavior, children's neuropsychological problems interact cumulatively with their criminogenic environments across development, culminating in a pathological personality. According to the theory of adolescence-limited antisocial behavior, a contemporary maturity gap encourages teens to mimic antisocial behavior in ways that are normative and adjustive.
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“The impact of such contact for this population is notable as the increase in problem behavior may lead to a downward spiral of cumulative continuity for certain youth (e.g., Caspi, Bem, & Elder, 1989; Moffitt, 1993; Nagin & Paternoster, 1991; Sampson & Laub, 1992).”
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“Perhaps this indicates developmental processes of less serious, adolescence-limited antisociality (Moffitt, 1993).”
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“Twenty years ago, Terrie Moffitt presented evidence supporting the idea that the majority of adolescents who engage in criminal behavior will do so during adolescence and at no other period of their life (Moffitt 1993).”
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“While conduct disorder sometimes onsets before the age of 10 (childhood onset), the majority of externalising symptoms, which include physical aggression, theft, destruction of property and truancy, emerge during adolescence (Moffitt, 1993).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Moffitt, T. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Corresponding author
- Moffitt, Terrie E.
- ORCID
- Moffitt, Terrie E.
- Venue
- Psychological Review
- Published
- 1993
- Volume
- 100
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 674-701
- ISSN
- 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1471
- OpenAlex
- W2162542540
- Cited by
- 9,987
- References
- 227
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 234.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01mh043746-02, 5r01mh045548-03)
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH43746, MH 45070, MH45548, R01MH045070)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- delinquency, adolescence, criminogenic environment, neuropsychological problems, personality pathology, maturity gap, etiology of antisocial behavior
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Child, Humans, Juvenile Delinquency, Male, Personality Development, Social Environment
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