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This peer-reviewed study from leading researchers in the field utilises the longitudinal Cambridge study of delinquent development to quantitatively explore the transmission of convictions between generations.The research shows that there is strong transmission of offending behaviour from grandfathers to their sons and then from the sons onto their male offspring. When controlling for other risk factors criminal transmission was reduced but still present. The transmission of such behaviour is not prevalent in females apart from grandmother to granddaughter. This shows that intergenerational offending is mitigated by socio economic, individual and family risk factors and that mediation in these areas could reduce intergenerational offending.
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