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19086113

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
Desistance from criminal offending has become the source of a considerable amount of research attention. Much of this literature has examined how environmental factors, such as marriage, employment, and delinquent peers contribute to the desistance process. A relatively unexplored possibility, however, is that desistance from criminal behavior is partially due to genetic factors. To test this possibility, data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were used to examine the effects that five different genetic polymorphisms (DAT1, DRD2, DRD4, 5HTT, and MAOA) have on desistance from delinquent involvement. Three broad findings emerged. First, marriage significantly increased desistance. Second, some of the genetic polymorphisms had significant independent effects on desistance. Third, for males, the genetic polymorphisms interacted with marital status to predict variation in desistance. The findings underscore the importance of using a biosocial perspective to examine factors related to criminal desistance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
QIS
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0049-089X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
736-52
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Desistance from delinquency: the marriage effect revisited and extended.
pubmed:affiliation
College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1127, USA. kbeaver@mailer.fsu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural