Sentences with phrase «theory childhood risk factors»

Program Theory Childhood risk factors for becoming violent offenders are frequently experienced before adolescence and may include conduct problems, violence exposure, and social — cognitive processes (Aber, Jones, and Brown 2003).

Not exact matches

Some observers have argued that female offenders can, in theory, be either adolescent - limited or life - course - persistent and that the relative scarcity of early - onset aggression in females indicates that they are generally less likely to follow the latter pathway.56 Others, however, have argued that the relative prevalence of adolescent - onset aggression in girls (compared with childhood - onset) indicates that persistent delinquency simply manifests at a later age in girls than it does in boys.57 In Persephanie Silverthorn and Paul Frick's model, girls and boys are influenced by similar risk factors during childhood, but the onset of delinquent behavior in girls is delayed by the more stringent social controls imposed on them before adolescence.

This report reviews the elements and risk factors of the five subtypes of childhood, organized according to Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems theory.

Effect sizes ranged from 0.20 to 0.30, or between small to medium in size.31 These prospective longitudinal findings have implications for theories of childhood aggression and the identification of early risk factors for aggressive behavior.