Does contact with the justice system deter or promote future delinquency?: Results from a longitudinal study of British adolescent twins

What impact does formal punishment have on antisocial conduct—does it deter or promote it? The findings from a long line of research on the labeling tradition indicate formal punishments have the opposite-of-intended consequence of promoting future misbehavior. In another body of work, the results s...

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Main Author: Motz, Ryan T. (Author)
Contributors: Cullen, Francis T. ; Caspi, Avshalom ; Wertz, Jasmin ; Moffitt, Terrie E. ; Barnes, J. C. ; Arseneault, Louise ; Houts, Renate
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2020]
In: Criminology
Year: 2020, Volume: 58, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-335
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Keywords:
Delinquency
Family fixed effects
Labeling
Specific deterrence
Twins