• 1. Preface Joan McCord; 2. Violence and the inner-city street code Elijah Anderson; 3. The embeddedness of child and adolescent development: a community-level perspective on urban violence Robert J. Sampson; 4. Placing American urban violence in context Joan McCord; 5. Neuro-psychology, antisocial behavior, and neighborhood context Terrie E. Moffitt; 6. Development of psychological mediators of violence in urban youth Ronald G. Slaby; 7. Understanding and preventing child abuse in urban settings Felton Earls and Jacqueline Barnes; 8. Intervening to prevent childhood aggression in the inner-city Nancy G. Guerra.

"This is an excellent collection of essays. The reviews of the literature are comprehensive." Steven F. Messner, Contemporary Sociology

• 1. Preface Joan McCord; 2. Violence and the inner-city street code Elijah Anderson; 3. The embeddedness of child and adolescent development: a community-level perspective on urban violence Robert J. Sampson; 4. Placing American urban violence in context Joan McCord; 5. Neuro-psychology, antisocial behavior, and neighborhood context Terrie E. Moffitt; 6. Development of psychological mediators of violence in urban youth Ronald G. Slaby; 7. Understanding and preventing child abuse in urban settings Felton Earls and Jacqueline Barnes; 8. Intervening to prevent childhood aggression in the inner-city Nancy G. Guerra.

"This is an excellent collection of essays. The reviews of the literature are comprehensive." Steven F. Messner, Contemporary Sociology

• 1. Preface Joan McCord; 2. Violence and the inner-city street code Elijah Anderson; 3. The embeddedness of child and adolescent development: a community-level perspective on urban violence Robert J. Sampson; 4. Placing American urban violence in context Joan McCord; 5. Neuro-psychology, antisocial behavior, and neighborhood context Terrie E. Moffitt; 6. Development of psychological mediators of violence in urban youth Ronald G. Slaby; 7. Understanding and preventing child abuse in urban settings Felton Earls and Jacqueline Barnes; 8. Intervening to prevent childhood aggression in the inner-city Nancy G. Guerra.

"This is an excellent collection of essays. The reviews of the literature are comprehensive." Steven F. Messner, Contemporary Sociology