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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINAL AND ANTISOCIAL BEHA...

This edited book summarizes the current state of knowledge on the development of criminal and
antisocial behavior over the life course. It focuses mainly on the developmental perspective 
which has had a paradigmatic influence on current theoretical and empirical works in
criminology. With a multidisciplinary perspective  the book reviews: (a) the fundamental
concepts of developmental criminology  (b) the risk factors and developmental processes related
to the most salient personal (e.g.  genetics  personality) and environmental (e.g.  family 
peers  school) domains explaining the development of criminal and antisocial behavior  (c) the
developmental issues related to a number a special themes (e.g.  women criminality  street
gangs) and (d) the applied and policy implications of research in developmental criminology. In
each chapter  prominent researchers from different disciplines such as criminology and
psychology summarize the state of knowledge on a specific topic  identify the shortcomings of
past research  offer recommendations for future research needs.

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