Rolf Loeber, Ph.D., is Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry, and Professor of Psychology, and Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh and Professor of Juvenile Delinquency and Social Development at the Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is Co-director of the Life History Program.David P. Farrington, O.B.E., is Professor of Psychological Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh.

• Foreword ; Laurie O. Robinson ; Acknowledgements ; Contributors ; 1. Introduction ; Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington ; 2. Criminal career patterns ; Alex Piquero, J. David Hawkins, and Lila Kazemian ; 3. Explanations for offending ; Terence P. Thornberry, Peggy C. Giordano, Christopher Uggen, Mauri Matsuda, Ann S. Masten, Erik Bulten and Andrea G. Donker ; 4. Contextual influences ; Julie Horney, Patrick Tolan and David Weisburd ; 5. Special categories of serious and violent offenders: Drug dealers, gang members, homicide offenders, and sex offenders ; Richard Rosenfeld, Helene R. White and Finn-Aage Esbensen ; 6. Prediction and risk/needs assessments ; Robert D. Hoge, Gina Vincent, and Laura Guy ; 7. Legal boundaries between the juvenile and criminal justice systems in the United States ; Patrick Griffin ; 8. Young offenders and an effective justice system response: What happens, what should happen, and what we need to know ; James C. Howell, Barry C. Feld, and Daniel P. Mears ; 9. Promoting change, changing lives: Effective prevention and intervention to reduce serious offending ; Brandon C. Welsh, Mark W. Lipsey, Frederick P. Rivara, J. David Hawkins, Steve Aos, and Meghan E. Peel ; 10. European perspectives ; Martin Killias, Santiago Redondo and Jerzy Sarnecki ; 11. Conclusions and headline recommendations ; Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, James C. Howell and Machteld Hoeve ; Index

Rolf Loeber, Ph.D., is Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry, and Professor of Psychology, and Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh and Professor of Juvenile Delinquency and Social Development at the Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is Co-director of the Life History Program.David P. Farrington, O.B.E., is Professor of Psychological Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh.

• Foreword ; Laurie O. Robinson ; Acknowledgements ; Contributors ; 1. Introduction ; Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington ; 2. Criminal career patterns ; Alex Piquero, J. David Hawkins, and Lila Kazemian ; 3. Explanations for offending ; Terence P. Thornberry, Peggy C. Giordano, Christopher Uggen, Mauri Matsuda, Ann S. Masten, Erik Bulten and Andrea G. Donker ; 4. Contextual influences ; Julie Horney, Patrick Tolan and David Weisburd ; 5. Special categories of serious and violent offenders: Drug dealers, gang members, homicide offenders, and sex offenders ; Richard Rosenfeld, Helene R. White and Finn-Aage Esbensen ; 6. Prediction and risk/needs assessments ; Robert D. Hoge, Gina Vincent, and Laura Guy ; 7. Legal boundaries between the juvenile and criminal justice systems in the United States ; Patrick Griffin ; 8. Young offenders and an effective justice system response: What happens, what should happen, and what we need to know ; James C. Howell, Barry C. Feld, and Daniel P. Mears ; 9. Promoting change, changing lives: Effective prevention and intervention to reduce serious offending ; Brandon C. Welsh, Mark W. Lipsey, Frederick P. Rivara, J. David Hawkins, Steve Aos, and Meghan E. Peel ; 10. European perspectives ; Martin Killias, Santiago Redondo and Jerzy Sarnecki ; 11. Conclusions and headline recommendations ; Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, James C. Howell and Machteld Hoeve ; Index

Rolf Loeber, Ph.D., is Distinguished University Professor of Psychiatry, and Professor of Psychology, and Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh and Professor of Juvenile Delinquency and Social Development at the Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is Co-director of the Life History Program.David P. Farrington, O.B.E., is Professor of Psychological Criminology at the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge University, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh.

• Foreword ; Laurie O. Robinson ; Acknowledgements ; Contributors ; 1. Introduction ; Rolf Loeber and David P. Farrington ; 2. Criminal career patterns ; Alex Piquero, J. David Hawkins, and Lila Kazemian ; 3. Explanations for offending ; Terence P. Thornberry, Peggy C. Giordano, Christopher Uggen, Mauri Matsuda, Ann S. Masten, Erik Bulten and Andrea G. Donker ; 4. Contextual influences ; Julie Horney, Patrick Tolan and David Weisburd ; 5. Special categories of serious and violent offenders: Drug dealers, gang members, homicide offenders, and sex offenders ; Richard Rosenfeld, Helene R. White and Finn-Aage Esbensen ; 6. Prediction and risk/needs assessments ; Robert D. Hoge, Gina Vincent, and Laura Guy ; 7. Legal boundaries between the juvenile and criminal justice systems in the United States ; Patrick Griffin ; 8. Young offenders and an effective justice system response: What happens, what should happen, and what we need to know ; James C. Howell, Barry C. Feld, and Daniel P. Mears ; 9. Promoting change, changing lives: Effective prevention and intervention to reduce serious offending ; Brandon C. Welsh, Mark W. Lipsey, Frederick P. Rivara, J. David Hawkins, Steve Aos, and Meghan E. Peel ; 10. European perspectives ; Martin Killias, Santiago Redondo and Jerzy Sarnecki ; 11. Conclusions and headline recommendations ; Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, James C. Howell and Machteld Hoeve ; Index