Specialized versus versatile intergenerational transmission of violence: a new approach to studying intergenerational transmission from violent versus non-violent fahters; latent class analysis

This paper investigates whether fathers who have been convicted of a violent offense transmit criminal and violent behavior more strongly than fathers who were convicted, but never for violence. First, a more traditional approach was taken where offending fathers were divided into two groups based o...

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Main Author: Besemer, Sytske (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2012, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-263
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Keywords:
Gewalt
Intergenerational Transmission
Intergenerationale Transmission
Latent Class Analysis
Methodenfragen
Specialization
Spezialisierung
Violence
Väter
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Summary:This paper investigates whether fathers who have been convicted of a violent offense transmit criminal and violent behavior more strongly than fathers who were convicted, but never for violence. First, a more traditional approach was taken where offending fathers were divided into two groups based on whether they had a violence conviction. Secondly, Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was performed to identify two classes of fathers, one of which was characterized as violent. Sons of fathers in this class had a higher risk of violent convictions compared with sons whose fathers were in the other class.
ISSN:1573-7799
DOI:10.1007/s10940-011-9141-y