by Adam Perkins
socialisation, 51, 130–2, 135, 139, 171–2
socio-economic status (SES), 3, 41, 47, 51, 68, 120
super-prolific criminals, 136
Terman Study, 42–5, 47, 49–50, 53
Treatise of Human Nature (Hume), 11
Troubled Families Programme, 142–3, 155–73, 178
unemployed citizens
antisocial behaviour, 142, 157
childhood disadvantage, 127–8, 144
claiming benefits, 56, 148, 178–9
demoralising effects, 123
Employment-Resistant Personality Profile, 33, 40–1, 45, 53, 70, 136, 146, 163–4, 175, 181
homicide data, 165
levels of reproduction, 72
Perry Preschool participants, example, 90, 124–6
problem families, 86, 113, 156, 158, 182
violent crime, 166
US Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) scheme, 74
Vietnam Experience Study (VES), 69–71
violent crime, 129, 143, 164–7, 170, 181
War on Poverty, 177
Wasting Police Time (Davidson), 182
welfare benefits, 4, 24, 33, 45, 56, 73–6, 100–1, 135–7, 144, 147–8, 157, 176–7, 179
welfare claimants
‘employment-resistant’ personality profile, 3, 32–3, 53, 98, 112, 122–3, 141, 153
children of, 4–5, 73, 82, 86, 134
effects of self-control, 52
lack of socialisation, 172
personality profiles, 17
reproduction strategies, 54–5, 58, 72, 74, 102
welfare generosity, 6, 58, 73–4, 112, 134–5, 137, 139, 141, 144–6, 176–8
welfare incentives, 76, 128, 137
welfare legislation, 29, 74, 98–9, 102, 109, 167, 181
welfare policies, 52, 179–80
welfare state
childhood disadvantage, 79–97, 116
claimant benefits, 54–7, 59, 65, 67–9, 72–3, 77–8
criminal violence, 166–7, 173
employment-resistant personality profile, 18, 32, 79, 153–5, 157, 163
homicide, 170
personality mis-development, 122, 124, 128, 130, 133–5, 140–3, 184
personality, impact on, 1–7, 12–13, 15–17, 40–54
reproduction effects, 176–8, 182
selective-breeding effect, 103
socialisation pattern, 172
UK model, 101–2
unnatural, 99
work motivation effects, 143–9
welfare trait theory
antisocial behaviour, 143, 155, 157, 181–2
benefit claims, 145–6, 148
childhood disadvantage, 140–1
criminal violence, 167, 173–4
degree of heritability, 116
employment-resistant personality profile, 6
family environment effects, 121
homicide, 170
human capital, role in, 45
personality and reproduction, 67–8, 142
principle of evolution, 12
socialisation, 171–2
troubled-family status, 159, 162
validity, 14–16, 168
welfare-induced personality mis-development, 112, 122
work motivation, 144, 154
work motivation, 6, 30, 32–3, 141, 143–4, 146–7, 154, 180
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, 73
Working Families’ Tax Credit (WFTC), 74–5
workplace performance, 4, 35–7