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1 - Advancing knowledge about the early prevention of adult antisocial behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2009

By
David P. Farrington
Edited by
David P. Farrington  and
Jeremy W. Coid
David P. Farrington
Affiliation:
Professor of Psychological Criminology Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University
David P. Farrington
Affiliation:
Institute of Criminology, Cambridge
Jeremy W. Coid
Affiliation:
St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine
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The main aims of this book are to review what is known about the causes and prevention of adult antisocial behaviour. The book aims to specify what we know, what we do not know, and what we need to know, recommending priority research that would address key questions and fill key gaps in knowledge. The main aim of this introductory chapter is to set the scene for the more detailed chapters that follow by outlining some of the key topics, issues and questions arising in the early prevention of adult antisocial behaviour. This chapter defines the territory by briefly reviewing epidemiology, development, risk and protective factors, and prevention programmes.

Four types of prevention can be distinguished (Tonry and Farrington, 1995). Criminal justice prevention refers to traditional deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation strategies operated by law enforcement and criminal justice agencies. Situational prevention refers to interventions designed to reduce the opportunities for antisocial behaviour and to increase the risk and difficulty of committing antisocial acts. Community prevention refers to interventions designed to change the social conditions and social institutions (e.g. community norms and organisations) that influence antisocial behaviour in communities. Developmental prevention refers to interventions designed to inhibit the development of antisocial behaviour in individuals, by targeting risk and protective factors that influence human development (see Farrington, 2000a).

This book concentrates on early developmental prevention programmes, including those implemented in pregnancy and infancy, parenting programmes, preschool programmes, individual skills training, and school programmes.

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Early Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour , pp. 1 - 31
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2003

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