The purpose of the study was to examine moderation of intergenerational transmission of crime and antisocial behavior of parents to adult arrests of sons (from age 18 years to ages 37–38 years). Moderators examined were from late childhood (constructive parenting and sons’ inhibitory control, internalizing symptoms, and cognitive function), adolescence (delinquency and deviant peer association), and early adulthood (educational achievement, employment history, substance use, deviant peer association, and partner antisocial behavior). Study participants were parents and sons (N = 206) from the longitudinal Oregon Youth Study, recruited from schools in the higher crime areas of a medium-sized metropolitan region in the Pacific Northwest. Assessment included official arrest records, school data, interviews, and questionnaires. As hypothesized, parents’ and sons’ histories of two or more arrests were significantly associated. Predictions of sons’ arrests from a broader construct of parental antisocial behavior were significantly moderated by sons’ late childhood cognitive function and early adult employment history, substance use, and romantic partner’s antisocial behavior. Overall, there was relatively little intergenerational association in crime at low levels of these moderators. Findings indicate relatively large intergenerational associations in crime. The identified moderators may be used as selection criteria or targeted in prevention and treatment efforts aimed at reducing such associations.

该研究的目的是检查犯罪的代际传播和父母的反社会行为对成年儿子被捕的影响（从 18 岁到 37-38 岁）。检查的调节者来自儿童后期（建设性养育和儿子的抑制控制、内化症状和认知功能）、青春期（犯罪和异常同伴协会）和成年早期（教育成就、工作经历、物质使用、异常同伴交往和伙伴反社会行为）。研究参与者是父母和儿子（N = 206）来自纵向俄勒冈青年研究，从太平洋西北部中等城市地区的高犯罪率地区的学校招募。评估包括官方逮捕记录、学校数据、访谈和问卷调查。正如假设的那样，父母和儿子两次或多次被捕的历史显着相关。儿子的儿童晚期认知功能和早期成年就业史、物质使用和浪漫伴侣的反社会行为显着缓和了从更广泛的父母反社会行为结构中对儿子被捕的预测。总体而言，在这些主持人的低水平上，犯罪的代际关联相对较少。调查结果表明犯罪的代际关联相对较大。