Description:
In Violence and Serious Theft, top experts in the field of delinquency discuss the implications of the findings of the Pittsburgh Youth Study for current conceptualizations of antisocial behavior. This text is a resource for researchers, practitioners and students in developmental, school and counseling psychology; psychopathology, psychiatry, public health and criminology.
Review Quotes:
"Rather than reviewing what is already known, this book propels the field forward by presenting new findings from the Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS). A remarkable book on a truly remarkable and unparalled study. The authors are, without a doubt, among the most respected and important researchers in this field. This book offers something for everyone. An important and thoughtful scholarly work that provokes and stimulates thinking, and masterfully steers this field to where it should next go."- Jodi Viljoen and Andrew Spice, PsycCRITIQUES