Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Humphreys, Jackie
Author's Email Address	jackiehfsu@yahoo.com
URN	etd-04252007-084112
Title	Maternal Contributions To Pre-Dispositional Criminality
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Criminology and Criminal Justice, School of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Thomas B. Kelley Committee Chair Graham Kinloch Committee Member H. Dale Nute Committee Member
Keywords	Pre-Disposition Criminality Maternal Contributions
Date of Defense	2006-03-24
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract ABSTRACT In an effort to determine the dominance of the maternal role in offspring pre-dispositional criminality, two families were selected. An intergenerational study was conducted with two families that appeared to share certain characteristics: age, educational achievement, age of first pregnancy. One family provided four generations of data, and the other three generations of information. During the field study phase, each subject was asked to respond to inquiries on a variety of questionnaires, self-report surveys, and a personal interview. The results indicated that (a) females in these two families did participate in numerous criminal acts; (b) their husbands/significant others participated in criminal activity; (c) the females were committing the same types and rates of crime as the males in these families; (d) the females’ offspring participated in criminal acts; however, (d) female dominance in producing pre-dispositional children could not be definitively determined.
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