Conduct disorder (CD) is a common and highly impairing psychiatric disorder that usually
emerges in childhood or adolescence and is characterized by severe antisocial and …

Increasingly, research points to the negative effects of incarcerating youth offenders,
particularly in adult facilities. Literature published since 2000 suggests that incarceration …

Objectives Sound evaluations of sexual offender treatment are essential for an evidence-
based crime policy. However, previous reviews substantially varied in their mean effects and …

This article proposes an evolutionary model of risky behavior in adolescence and contrasts it
with the prevailing developmental psychopathology model. The evolutionary model …

Since the 1990's, implementation of zero tolerance policies in schools has led to increased
use of school suspension and expulsion as disciplinary techniques for students with varying …

One of the major justifications for the rise of mass incarceration in the United States is that
placing offenders behind bars reduces recidivism by teaching them that “crime does not …

Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and
adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to …

" The best organized and most comprehensive theory textbook to use for both graduate and
undergraduate students. It provides historical context to the theories, and the authors make it …

In this article, we examine the construct of peer contagion in childhood and adolescence
and review studies of child and adolescent development that have identified peer contagion …

This paper reviews publications on developmental trajectories of disruptive behaviour (DB)
problems (aggression, opposition‐defiance, rule breaking, and stealing‐vandalism) over the …