TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Predicting adult violent delinquency: Gender differences regarding the role of childhood behaviour
JO  - European journal of criminology
A1  - Reef, Joni
A1  - Donker, Andrea G.
A1  - van Meurs, Inge
A1  - Verhulst, Frank C.
A1  - van der Ende, Jan
SP  - 187
EP  - 197
VL  - 8
IS  - 3
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1477-3708
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477370811403444
ID  - ref1
ER  -