Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Biological correlates of criminal behavior / Guenther Knoblich & Roy King -- Reconceiving some confounding domains of criminology : issues of terminology, theory, and practice / Daniel Glaser -- Opponent-process theory : implications for criminality / Robert A. Rosellini & Robin L. Lashley -- Family management and child development : insights from social disorganization theory / Robert J. Sampson -- Taking reasoning seriously / Ellen S. Cohn & Susan OWhite -- Understanding motivations : considering altruism and aggression / Joan McCord -- Childhood aggression and adult criminality / L. Rowell Huesmann & Leonard D. Eron -- The sociogenesis of aggressive and antisocial behaviors Robert B. Cairns & Beverly D. Cairns.

The prediction of delinquent behavior from childhood behavior : personality theory revisited / Richard E. Tremblay -- A developmental perspective on drug use and delinquency / Judith S. Brook & Patricia Cohen -- Explaining the beginning, progress, and ending of antisocial behavior from birth to adulthood / David P. Farrington -- Autonomic activity/reactivity, behavior, and crime in a longitudinal perspective / David Magnusson, Britt aKlinteberg & Hêakan Stattin.