The development of persistent criminality

Ch. 1. Understanding persistent offending: Linking developmental psychology with research on the criminal career / Joanne Savage

Section 1: The family, poverty, and stressful life events: Ch. 2. The influence of family context on the development and persistence of antisocial behavior / Linda S. Pagani

Ch. 3. The implications of family poverty for a pattern of persistent offending / Carter Hay and Walter Forrest

Ch. 4. Strain, social support, and persistent criminality / Stephanie Ellis and Joanne Savage

Ch. 5. Developmental trajectories, stressful life events, and delinquency / Timothy O. Ireland, Craig J. Rivera and John P. Hoffmann

Ch. 6. The effects of the family on children's behavioural difficulties / Paul Millar

Section 2: Biosocial influences on persistent criminality : Ch. 7. Biological factors and the development of persistent criminality / Patrick Sylvers, Stacy R. Ryan, S. Amanda Alden, and Patricia A. Brennan

Ch. 8. A systematic approach to understanding human variability in serious, persistent offending / John Paul Wright and Kevin M. Beaver

Ch. 9. Perinatal and developmental determinants of early onset of offending: A biosocial approach for explaining the two peaks of early antisocial behavior / Steve G. Tibbetts

Section 3: Special topics and populations : Ch. 10. Interdisciplinary perspectives on persistent female offending: A review of theory and research / Asha Goldweber, Lisa M. Broidy, and Elizabeth Cauffman

Ch. 11. Foster care youth: Aging out of care to criminal activities / Mary Ann Davis

Ch. 12. Educational achievement among incarcerated youth: Post-release schooling, employment and crime desistance / Thomas G. Blomberg, William D. Bales, and Courtney A. Waid

Section 4: Methodology for understanding the criminal career : Ch. 13. Methodological issues in the study of persistence in offending / Alex R. Piquero

Ch. 14. Group-based trajectory modeling of externalizing behavior problems from childhood through adulthood: Exploring discrepancies in the empirical findings / Manfred H.M. van Dulmen, Elizabeth A. Goncy, Andrea Vest and Daniel J. Flannery

Ch. 15. Sanction threats and desistance from criminality / KiDeuk Kim

Section 5: Conceptualizing the persistent offender : Ch. 16. Serious juvenile offenders and persistent criminality / Rudy Haapanen, Lee Britton, Tim Croisdale, and Branko Coebergh

Ch. 17. Reconsidering Gottfredson and Hirschi's General theory of crime: Linking the micro- and macro-level sources of self-control and criminal behavior over the life course / Travis C. Pratt

Ch. 18. A dynamic developmental systems approach to understanding offending in early adulthood / Deborah M. Capaldi and Margit Wiesner

Ch. 19. What drives persistent offending? The neglected and unexplored role of the social environment / Per-Olof H. Wikström and Kyle Treiber

Section 6: Conclusions: Ch. 20. What have we learned? Directions for future research and policy / Joanne Savage.