The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention Contributions of the Second World War Generation
Book contents
- The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention
- The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: A Young Science with a Long History
- 2 From Birth in a British Orphanage to Assessments of American Indians’ Development
- 3 From Rationing, Illness, and Stress to the Creation of a Major Longitudinal Birth Cohort
- 4 From Country Girl in Southern Finland to Longitudinal Research into Alternatives to Aggression and Violence
- 5 From the Occupied Netherlands to the Pittsburgh Longitudinal Studies
- 6 From Boy to Man
- 7 Nurture and Nature
- 8 From Unruly Child to Political Protester and Promoter of an Ecology-Minded Concept of Development
- 9 From the Frustration–Aggression Hypothesis to Moral Reasoning and Action
- 10 A Tortuous Path towards Understanding and Preventing the Development of Chronic Physical Aggression
- 11 From Childhood in a Ruined German City to Research on Crime and Violence
- 12 The Last War Baby
- 13 Comments on the Autobiographies of the World War II Babies by Younger Peers
- Index
- References
3 - From Rationing, Illness, and Stress to the Creation of a Major Longitudinal Birth Cohort
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Book contents
- The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention
- The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: A Young Science with a Long History
- 2 From Birth in a British Orphanage to Assessments of American Indians’ Development
- 3 From Rationing, Illness, and Stress to the Creation of a Major Longitudinal Birth Cohort
- 4 From Country Girl in Southern Finland to Longitudinal Research into Alternatives to Aggression and Violence
- 5 From the Occupied Netherlands to the Pittsburgh Longitudinal Studies
- 6 From Boy to Man
- 7 Nurture and Nature
- 8 From Unruly Child to Political Protester and Promoter of an Ecology-Minded Concept of Development
- 9 From the Frustration–Aggression Hypothesis to Moral Reasoning and Action
- 10 A Tortuous Path towards Understanding and Preventing the Development of Chronic Physical Aggression
- 11 From Childhood in a Ruined German City to Research on Crime and Violence
- 12 The Last War Baby
- 13 Comments on the Autobiographies of the World War II Babies by Younger Peers
- Index
- References
Summary
Jean Golding, born in England in 1939, is one of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service ‘Research Legends’. Trained in Human Genetics and Biometry, she is best known for having planned and directed the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), initiated with 14,500 pregnant women in the south of England. The aim was to determine the ways in which different aspects of the environment and genetics are associated with child health and development, including criminality. In a comparison with Brazilian children, conduct problems, hyperactivity, and violent crime were found to be more prevalent in Brazil, but the ALSPAC children had more nonviolent crimes. The associations between behavior problems during childhood and criminality were partly explained by perinatal health factors and childhood family environments in both countries.
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- The Science of Violent Behavior Development and PreventionContributions of the Second World War Generation, pp. 46 - 70Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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