caa a22 4500 38633952X CHVBK 20180307111744.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198910 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0954579400000511 doi S0954579400000511 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0954579400000511 Heterogeneity of causes for delinquency and criminality: Lifespan perspectives [Elektronische Daten] This review of family, twin, and adoption studies on offender behaviors points to the importance of a genetic predisposition as a partial explanation for criminality in some populations. Twin and adoption studies show that criminality increases with the presence of criminality in biological relatives; the environmental effects of having a criminal adoptive parent also increase the risk of adoptee criminality. Delinquency is described developmentally as a fairly typical phase for many adolescents. Because of the high base rate for delinquency, any genetic predisposition for offense behaviors may be difficult to uncover in adolescence. Three groups are differentiated that may aid in this detection: continuous antisocials are delinquents who continue to be criminal as adults; transitory delinquents are delinquents but not criminals; and late bloomers are criminals but not delinquents. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Dilalla Lisabeth Fisher Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Gottesman Irving I. University of Virginia Development and Psychopathology Cambridge University Press 1/4(1989-10), 339-349 0954-5794 1:4<339 1989 1 DPP https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579400000511 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579400000511 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dilalla Lisabeth Fisher Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gottesman Irving I. University of Virginia NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Development and Psychopathology Cambridge University Press 1/4(1989-10), 339-349 0954-5794 1:4<339 1989 1 DPP CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge