RT Article
T1 Genetic and Environmental Influences on Delinquency: DF Analysis of NLSY Kinship Data
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 17
IS 2
SP 145
OP 168
A1 Rodgers, Joseph Lee 1953-
A2 Buster, Maury
A2 Rowe, David C.
LA English
YR 2001
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764275551
AB This paper follows earlier research (Rowe et al., 1992) in evaluating the basis of family influences on adolescent delinquent behavior. Delinquency is measured in a number of different ways to account for important theoretical distinctions that exist in the delinquency literature. We use recently identified kinship structure in a large national data set—the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth—to estimate genetic and shared environmental influences on self-reported delinquency scores. Our analytic model is based on DF analysis, a regression procedure used to estimate parameters reflecting genetic and environmental influence. Results suggest a consistent and moderate genetic basis to sibling similarity in delinquency and little evidence of a shared environmental basis. A large amount of variance is attributable to nonshared influences and/or measurement error. Our findings suggest that the search for environmental influences on adolescent delinquency should focus on those that are not shared by siblings.
K1 Heritability
K1 DF analysis
K1 Genetic influences
K1 Delinquency
DO 10.1023/A:1011097929954