First results of cross-generational (dis-)similarities between three CrimoC-generations: The relationship between experienced violent parenting practice, delinquency and own parenting style

Bentrup Christina

Abstract

The main sample of the German panel study Crime in the Modern City (CrimoC) started in 2002 in Duisburg with 3,411 7th-grade pupils with an average age of 13 years. At the moment, data is available for respondents at age 26. The latest data collection in 2017 has been completed but the panel data matching procedure has not yet been carried out. Therefore, only data until 2015 is included in this chapter. Intergenerational transmission processes are discussed from a developmental perspective. First, I will introduce the prospective self-report panel study CrimoC, its original goals, its methodological and practical characteristics, the challenges and the relevant measurements for this chapter. Afterwards, it will be analysed if a violent parenting style by generation 1 (G1) towards the second generation (G2) increases the risk of a violent parenting style by G2 towards the third generation (G3) (comorbidity). Subsequently, findings for the impact of the experience of parental violence on G2's delinquent behaviour are reported for the detection of heterotypic continuity. Finally, the results will be discussed with regard to previous studies and the possibility of theoretical explanations.