Preface	6
	Contents	18
	Part I Developmental Courses of Antisocial Behaviors	20
	Chapter 1 Environmental, Genetic, and Epigenetic Influences on the Developmental Origins of Aggression and Other Disruptive Behaviors	22
	Chapter 2 Subtypes of Aggressive Behaviors Etiologies, Development, and Consequences	36
	Chapter 3 Developmental Sequences and Pathways Towards Serious Delinquency and SubstanceUse	58
	Chapter 4 Persistent Juvenile Offenders	72
	Part II Risk and Protective Factors in Antisocial Behaviors	88
	Chapter 5 Protective and Promotive Factors in the Development of Offending	90
	Chapter 6 Family Factors in the Development of Antisocial Behavior	108
	Chapter 7 Social Sources of Crime Propensity: A Study of the Collective Efficacy of Families,Schools, and Neighbourhoods	128
	Chapter 8 Media Consumption and Violence in Schools	142
	Part III Crime Prevention, Offender Treatment, and Rehabilitation	154
	Chapter 9 The Scientific Foundation of Prevention: The Status quo and Future Challenges for Developmental Crime Prevention	156
	Chapter 10 Measuring Conflict of Interest in Preventionand Intervention Research: A Feasibility Study	184
	Chapter 11 Effective Interventions for Juvenile OffendersUsing Meta-Analysis to Bridge from Research toPractice	200
	Chapter 12 Offender Desistance Policing (ODP): Less Prison and More Evidence in Rehabilitating Offenders	218
	Part IV Risk Management and Criminal Justice	238
	Chapter 13 Violence Risk Assessment: Things that I Have Learned So Far	240
	Chapter 14 Comprehensive Risk Management Instruments for Serious and Violent Young Offenders: Challenges and Advantages	258
	Chapter 15 Forensic Psychological Assessment in the Criminal Justice System: Development and Perspectives in Germany	280
	Chapter 16 Young Offenders and Legal Competencies	294
	Part V Research Methods in Developmental Criminology	310
	Chapter 17 The Development of Delinquent Behavior: Variable- and Person-Oriented Methods of Analysis	312
	Chapter 18 Latent Growth Curve Modeling and the Study of Problem Behavior in Girls	334
	Chapter 19 Evaluating National Programs: A Case Study of the No Child Left Behind Program in the United States	352
	Chapter 20 Principles of Symmetry in Evaluation Research With Implications for OffenderTreatment	376
	List of Contributors	388
	Subject Index	392