We employ Rocque's (Criminology & Criminal Justice, 15(3), 340–360, 2015) integrated maturation theory of desistance to examine the impact of parenthood on four maturation domains and on desistance from self-reported offending among a sample of serious adolescent offenders. Using a subsample from the Pathways to Desistance panel (N = 1221), we employ Bayesian mixed-effect growth curve models to examine whether transition to parenthood shocks growth to maturation domains, whether growth in maturation domains is associated with self-reported offending, and whether any effects differ between males and females. The analysis suggests that, particularly for males, parenthood does have some effect on the growth of certain maturation domains, and that maturation domains are variably associated with offending for both males and females, but that parenthood does not affect offending through its impact on maturation. The relationship between parenthood and desistance from offending remains unclear. Parenthood appears to affect maturation, and maturation appears to affect offending, but the connection between these concepts needs further research. Concerning integrated maturation theory and similar perspectives, future research should reassess age-graded, “role transition” theories of desistance considering evolving meanings of adulthood.

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父母身份，成熟度和患病率：检查父母过渡对成熟度域的影响以及随后的重新进攻

我们采用Rocque（犯罪学与刑事司法，15（3），340–360，2015年）的综合成熟度缺乏理论，研究了父母对四个成熟领域的影响以及对来自严重青少年犯罪者自我报告犯罪的缺乏性的影响。使用来自“通往疾病的途径”面板的一个子样本（N = 1221），我们使用贝叶斯混合效应增长曲线模型来检查从父母身份转变为休克是否会向成熟域增长，成熟域中的增长是否与自我报告的犯罪相关，以及男性和女性之间是否有任何影响？分析表明，特别是对于男性，父母身份确实会对某些成熟域的生长产生某些影响，并且成熟域与男性和女性的犯罪都有不同的联系，但是父母身份不会通过影响成熟来影响犯罪。父母身份与厌恶感之间的关系仍然不清楚。父母身份似乎影响成熟，而成熟似乎影响犯罪，但是这些概念之间的联系需要进一步研究。关于综合的成熟理论和类似的观点，未来的研究应考虑成年意义的发展重新评估年龄划分的“角色过渡”的停滞理论。