Violence and serious theft
Subtitle: development and prediction from childhood to adulthood
By: Rolf Loeber ... [et al.].
Contributors: Loeber, Rolf.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780805852226
Subjects: Juvenile delinquency -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Longitudinal studies.; Criminal behavior -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Longitudinal studies.; Criminal behavior, Prediction of -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Longitudinal studies.
Genres: Longitudinal studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-373) and index.

"Publications from the Pittsburgh youth study": p. 335-347.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and methods; title: Introduction and key questions / Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, and Helene Raskin White; title: The Pittsburgh youth study : its design, data collection, and early key findings / Rolf Loeber, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, and David P. Farrington; title: Measurement instruments and constructs / Magda Stouthamer-Loeber and Rebecca Stallings; title: Epidemiology of violence, serious theft, substance use, drug dealing and gang membership; title: The age-crime curve in reported / David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, and Darrick Jolliffe; title: Comparing arrests and convictions with reported offending / Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, and Darrick Jolliffe; title: Substance use, drug dealing, gang membership, and gun carrying and their predictive associations with serious violence and serious theft / Helene Raskin White, Rolf Loeber, & David P. Farrington; title: Prediction of violence, serious theft and desistance; title: Promotive and risk processes at different life stages / David P. Farrington, Rolf Loeber, Darrick Jolliffe, and Dustin A. Pardini; title: Developmental trajectories of violence and theft / Eric Lacourse, Veronique Dupree, and Rolf Loeber; title: Desistance from and persistence in offending / Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, Rolf Loeber, Rebecca Stallings, and Eric Lacourse; title: Conclusions and policy implications / Rolf Loeber, David P. Farrington, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber, and Helene Raskin White.