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Deviant partner involvement and offending risk in early adulthood.

Lianne J Woodward1, David M Fergusson, L John Horwood

  • 1Department of Education, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. l.woodward@educ.canterbury.ac.nz

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines
|March 21, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Choosing a non-deviant partner at age 21 significantly lowers offending rates. Partner choice and prior offending independently predict adult offending, regardless of gender or background factors.

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Area of Science:

  • Criminology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Examines the influence of partner involvement on offending patterns in young adults.
  • Utilizes a birth cohort of 983 young men and women aged 18-21.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of deviant and non-deviant partner involvement on offending continuity and change.
  • To understand the predictive role of partnership choices in adult offending risk.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal analysis of offending behavior from age 18 to 21.
  • Statistical modeling to assess main effects and interactions between partner involvement and prior offending.

Main Results:

  • Non-deviant partners were associated with lower offending rates compared to no partner, and vice versa for deviant partners.

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  • Offending at age 18 and partnership choice at age 21 independently predicted offending at age 21.
  • No interaction effect was found between prior offending and partner choice; effects were consistent across genders and robust to confounding factors.

    • Conclusions:

    • Partnership choices in early adulthood are critical determinants of adult offending risk.
    • The study underscores the significance of social relationships in shaping long-term behavioral trajectories.