RT Article
T1 Like mother, like child? Sex differences in the maternal transmission of offending among a Scottish cohort of pre-adolescent children
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 23
IS 3
SP 330
OP 347
A1 Jahanshahi, Babak
A2 McVie, Susan
A2 Murray, Kath
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1852221275
AB That parental offending acts as a strong risk factor for offending in children is well-established within criminology. Yet, research on maternal offending is relatively limited, even though many women take on a significantly higher share of childcare responsibilities, and as such, might reasonably be expected to exert an especially strong influence on their children. In part, this lacuna might be attributed to a male-centric lens within criminology, which has tended to overlook female offending. Aimed in part at redressing this imbalance, this article investigates the maternal transmission of offending among a cohort of 12-year-olds, using self-report data from the longitudinal Growing Up in Scotland study. The analysis shows that intragenerational maternal offending acts as a significant predictor of offending among daughters, but that intergenerational offending does not. We found no significant relationship between mothers’ offending and sons’, who appear more vulnerable to a range of wider risk factors.
K1 maternal offending
K1 Intergenerational transmission
K1 Growing Up in Scotland
K1 Child offending
DO 10.1177/17488958211056177