@article{ref1,
title="Predicting adult violent delinquency: Gender differences regarding the role of childhood behaviour",
journal="European journal of criminology",
year="2011",
author="Reef, Joni and Donker, Andrea G. and van Meurs, Inge and Verhulst, Frank C. and van der Ende, Jan",
volume="8",
number="3",
pages="187-197",
abstract="Adult violent delinquency harms individuals, their families and society at large. Knowledge about childhood predictors of adult delinquency could be helpful in defining at-risk children who will develop into violent adults. This topic is rarely investigated in females. We investigated which behavioural problems in childhood predicted long-term disruptive development in a sample of both males and females. In 1983, behaviour problems were assessed in a community sample of 2076 children; 24 years later, 1335 of these children, who are now adults, reported on their violent delinquency. Girls with conduct problems were at risk of long-term disruptive development. We recommend that health professionals be alert regarding girls with conduct problems, because early identification and treatment of high-risk girls might reduce delinquency in adult life.<p />",
language="",
issn="1477-3708",
doi="10.1177/1477370811403444",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477370811403444"
}