The key predictor of antisocial behavior and violent crime (as opposed to nonviolent crime) is poor emotion regulation in early childhood.
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
Articles relating to delinquency and bad behavior in children and later criminality, by some of the world’s top child and family researchers.
We cover research on factors that seem to lead to delinquency in children and preschoolers – for example, family instability and using corporal punishment on children. What factors in child development predict adult criminal behavior?
Male violence, exceeds female violence by a very significant margin. The origins of this lie in early childhood development, with the first differences appearing in…
Child & Family Blog EditorJuly 2019
Long-term impacts of play deprivation during early child development include isolation, depression, reduced self-control and poor resilience.
Stuart BrownOctober 2018
Engaged fathering usually means other family relationships are going well. That’s why it predicts successful development in children.
Professor Charlie LewisOctober 2017
Parental warmth and strong parental supervision reduce link between a lack of remorse, guilt and empathy and later delinquent behaviour by young offenders.
Child & Family Blog EditorJanuary 2017
Link between a mother’s adverse childhood experiences and disruptive behavior of her child: marital conflict may be the pathway between the two.
Child & Family Blog EditorDecember 2016
A study has found links between early secure parent-child attachment and the quality of their relationship at the age of 10 and 12.
Child & Family Blog EditorNovember 2016
Children who show persistent antisocial behavior between 5 and 12 tend to be headed for a troubled relationship with learning institutions.
Child & Family Blog EditorOctober 2016
