This volume is the comprehensive synthesis of the empirical findings of seven important ongoing longitudinal studies of delinquency. It aims to examine the extent to which these studies answer the basic question of the origins of delinquent and criminal careers despite their varying guiding theories, methods, and settings. This book is an important resource for criminologists, psychologists, sociologists, and students on juvenile delinquency, criminology, developmental psychology, and deviant behavior.

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The Development of Panel Studies of Delinquency.- Causes and Consequences of Delinquency.- Delinquency and Crime.- The Development of Male Offending.- Key Results from the First Forty Years of the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development.- Testing an Integrative Theory of Deviant Behavior.- The Montreal Longitudinal and Experimental Study.- Understanding and Preventing Crime and Violence.- Common Themes, Future Directions.