%0 Journal Article
%T A Selective Review of the Risk Factors for Antisocial Behavior across the Transition to Adulthood
%A Joanne Savage
%A Stephanie K. Ellis
%A Kathryn Kozey
%J Psychology
%P 1-7
%@ 2152-7199
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/psych.2013.46A2001
%X <p align=\"justify\">
	<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">In this paper</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">, </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">we discuss </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">the </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">theory and research on a select set of risk factors for continuity in antisocial behavior across the transition to adulthood. Several risk factors (e.g., early onset, intelligence, marriage, employment) are based on Moffitt¡¯s dual taxonomy and the age-graded theory of social control. In addi</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">tion, we also review studies of impulsivity, school enrollment, educational attainment, academic achieve</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;\">ment, abuse victimization, social support, poverty, deviant peers, drug and alcohol abuse, and criminal justice intervention.</span><span style=\"font-size:8.5pt;\"></span> 
</p>
%K Transition to Adulthood
%K Risk Factors
%K Antisocial Behavior
%K Crime
%K Marriage
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=33505