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Area of Science:

  • Criminology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Criminology increasingly utilizes 3-generation prospective studies.
  • A key question is the extent to which parental delinquency predicts offspring offending.
  • Assessing intergenerational effects faces substantive and methodological challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the intergenerational transmission of offending behavior.
  • To examine moderating influences on intergenerational continuity in delinquency.
  • To address methodological issues, such as definitional elasticity, in studying intergenerational effects.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the Rochester Intergenerational Study (RIGS), an extension of the Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS).
  • Included three generations: original adolescent participants, their parents, and their oldest biological child.
  • Collected 19 annual assessments for the third generation over time.

Main Results:

  • A significant positive association exists between parental and offspring delinquency.
  • The strength of this intergenerational effect varies based on factors like father-child contact and child's gender.
  • Definitional elasticity significantly influences the observed relationship, with some definitions showing a robust link and others none.

Conclusions:

  • The link between parental and offspring delinquency is not consistently clear.
  • The field of intergenerational studies requires systematic attention to substantive and methodological factors.
  • Further research is needed to refine the understanding of intergenerational transmission of offending.