1: Understanding Persistent Offending: Linking Developmental Psychology with Research on the Criminal Career, Joanne Savage
SECTION 1: THE FAMILY, POVERTY, AND STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS
2: The Influence of Family Context on the Development and Persistence of Antisocial Behavior, Linda S. Pagani
3: The Implications of Family Poverty for a Pattern of Persistent Offending, Carter Hay and Walter Forrest
4: Strain, Social Support, and Persistent Criminality, Stephanie Ellis and Joanne Savage
5: Developmental Trajectories, Stressful Life Events, and Delinquency, Timothy O. Ireland, Craig J. Rivera and John P. Hoffmann
6: The Effects of the Family on Children's Behavioural Difficulties, Paul Millar
SECTION 2: BIOSOCIAL INFLUENCES ON PERSISTENT CRIMINALITY
7: Biological Factors and the Development of Persistent Criminality, Patrick Sylvers, Stacy R. Ryan, S. Amanda Alden, and Patricia A. Brennan
8: A Systematic Approach to Understanding Human Variability in Serious, Persistent Offending, John Paul Wright and Kevin M. Beaver
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
10: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persistent Female Offending: A Review of Theory and Research, Asha Goldweber, Lisa M. Broidy, and Elizabeth Cauffman
11: Foster Care Youth: Aging Out of Care to Criminal Activities, Mary Ann Davis
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
13: Methodological Issues in the Study of Persistence in Offending, Alex R. Piquero
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
15: Sanction Threats and Desistance from Criminality, KiDeuk Kim
SECTION 5: CONCEPTUALIZING THE PERSISTENT OFFENDER
16: Serious Juvenile Offenders and Persistent Criminality, Rudy Haapanen, Lee Britton, Tim Croisdale, and Branko Coebergh
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
18: A Dynamic Developmental Systems Approach to Understanding Offending in Early Adulthood, Deborah M. Capaldi and Margit Wiesner
19: What Drives Persistent Offending? The Neglected and Unexplored Role of the Social Environment, Per-Olof H. Wikström and Kyle Treiber
SECTION 6: CONCLUSIONS
20: What Have We Learned? Directions for Future Research and Policy, Joanne Savage