Antisocial Behavior and Crime

Part I: Developmental Course of Delinquency

1. Protective and Promotive Factors in the Development of Offending by David P. Farrington & Maria M. Ttofi

2. Subtypes of Aggressive Behaviors: Etiologies, Development, and Consequences by Frank Vitaro & Mara Brendgen

3. Persistent Juvenile Offenders by Thomas Bliesener

Part II: Risk Factors and Correlates of Delinquency

4. Environmental, Genetic, and Epigenetic Influences on the Developmental Origins of Aggression and other Disruptive Behaviors by Richard E. Tremblay

5. Family Factors in the Development of Antisocial Behavior by Lea Pulkkinen

6. Social Sources of Crime Propensity by Per-Olof H. Wikström

7. Media Consumption and Violence in Schools by Franz Streng

8. Developmental Sequences and Pathways Towards Serious Delinquency and Substance Use by Rolf Loeber, Helene Raskin White, & Jeffrey D. Burke

Part III: Crime Prevention, Offender Treatment and Rehabilitation

9. The Future of Developmental Crime Prevention by Andreas Beelmann

10. Effective Interventions on Juvenile Offenders: Using Meta-Analysis to Bridge Research to Practice by Mark W. Lipseys

11. Violence Risk Assessment: Things I have learned so far by David J. Cooke

12. Measuring Conflict of Interest in Prevention and Intervention Research - A Feasibility Study by Manuel Eisner & David Humphreys

Part IV: Risk Management and Criminal Justice

13. Forensic Psychological Assessment in the Criminal Justice System: Development and Perspectives in Germany by Rudolf Egg

14. Comprehensive Risk Management Instruments for Serious and Violent Young Offenders: Challenges and Advantages by Raymond R. Corrados

15. Young offenders and Legal Competencies by Ronald Roesch

16. General Theory of Crime, Harm, and Justice by Lawrence W. Sherman

Part V: Research Methods in Criminology

17. The Development of Delinquent Behavior: Variable- and Person-Centered Methods of Analysis by Alexander von Eye,

Thomas Bliesener war Akademischer Oberrat an der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, jetzt Professor für Psycholoigie und Vorstand am Institut für Psychologie der Universität zu Kiel.

"It is never too early and never too late to start preventive measures for antisocial behavior and criminal offending." Prof. Friedrich Loesel This is a well researched and comprehensive text, [...] that will prove invaluable to academics, students and practitioners who are trying to develop an up-to-date understanding of this very complex topic. It will also be of assistance to practitioners in the field who are trying to manage the complexities of delinquency and aggression in challenging circumstances. Professor Jane L. Ireland, School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK and Ashworth Research Centre, Mersey Care NHS Trust, UK in the ISRA Bulletin (Bulletin of the International Society for the Research on Aggression), June 2012 A contemporary text on the development, prevention, treatment, and management of antisocial behaviours, [...] authored by leading researchers within the area. [...] a well researched contribution to the field of antisocial behaviour and crime. It provides the reader with an up-to-date knowledge of the latest findings [...] I warmly recommend this text." Michael Lewis, School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN), Preston, UK in ISRA Bulletin, June 2012 "This book covers important topics in juvenile justice, [...] It is research-based, with findings that are helpful for both treatment and risk management. Society is frustrated with crime rates on an international level. This book provides some answers and should be in the libraries of clinicians, researchers, and policy makers." Gary B. Kaniuk, PsyD, Cermak Health Services in Doody's Book Review, June 2012