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3 - From Rationing, Illness, and Stress to the Creation of a Major Longitudinal Birth Cohort

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2021

By
Jean Golding
Edited by
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal
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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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geneticsbiometryepidemiologypregnancybirthcriminalityhealth serviceslongitudinal studyparentsenvironments
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The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention
Contributions of the Second World War Generation
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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