RT Article
T1 Childhood predictors of successful self-reported delinquents
JF Psychology, crime & law
VO 31
IS 3
SP 249
OP 269
A1 Farrington, David 1944-
A2 Bergstrøm, Henriette
A2 Jolliffe, Darrick
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/192137568X
AB The main aim of this research is to investigate the childhood predictors of successful self-reported delinquents, defined as those who were not convicted. In the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development (CSDD), 411 London males have been followed up from age 8 to age 61. Self-reported offending was measured for the whole sample for ages 10–14, 15–18, 27–32, and 42–47, for five crimes: burglary, theft of a vehicle, theft from a vehicle, shoplifting, and vandalism. The prevalence of self-reported offending was 64% at ages 10–18 and 11% at ages 27–47, compared with the prevalence of convictions of 23% and 8% respectively. Successful self-reported delinquents were defined as those who offended between ages 10 and 18 but were not convicted up to age 26; 126 successful delinquents were compared with 120 convicted delinquents. Sixteen childhood factors, including attainment, self-control, socioeconomic, parental, family and behavioural factors, predicted successful self-reported delinquents. The most important independent predictors were committing less serious and fewer offences as well as high school attainment, unconvicted parents, low risk-taking, and unseparated families.
K1 childhood factors
K1 Longitudinal Study
K1 Convictions
K1 self-reported offences
K1 Successful delinquents
DO 10.1080/1068316X.2023.2228972