PSY-5112: Theories of Criminal Behavior

Jung, H., Herrenkohl, T. I., Lee, J. O., Hemphill, S. A., Heerde, J. A., & Skinner, M. L. (2017). Gendered pathways from child abuse to adult crime through internalizing and externalizing behaviors in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32(18), 2724–2750.
This article explores the impact of child abuse upon male and female children.

Moffitt, T.E., & Caspi, A. (2001). . Development and Psychopathology, 13, 355-375.
This classic research explores a broad scope of gender specific childhood predictors of antisocial behaviors.

Steinberg, L., Icenogle, G., Shulman, E. P., Breiner, K., Chein, J., Bacchini, D., Chang, L., Chaudhary, N., Giunta, L. D., Dodge, K. A., Fanti, K. A., Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Pastorelli, C., Skinner, A. T., Sorbring, E., Tapanya, S., Tirado, L. M. U., & Alampay, L. P. (2018). Around the world, adolescence is a time of heightened sensation seeking and immature self-regulation. Developmental Science, 21(2), 1–N.PAG.
This research offers a multi-cultural look at juvenile behavior.