The general aim of this article is to evaluate the consequences of both delinquent behavior
and institutionalization as a juvenile delinquent on the quality of adult functioning and well …

Why is juvenile delinquency associated with depression in young adulthood? One
possibility is that delinquency interferes with socioeco‐nomic attainment and disrupts entry …

The extent to which mediating mechanisms account for the gender difference in delinquency
was tested on a sample of 2, 753 adolescents studied across three points in time. Results …

Criminological research has emphasized the strong relationship between age and crime,
with involvement in most crimes peaking in adolescence and then declining. However, there …

Analyzing the natural histories of two samples of boys that differ dramatically in childhood
delinquency, we test a model of crime and deviance over the life course. The first hypothesis …

A recent emphasis in criminology has been on trajectories, life transitions, and turning points
that affect the escalation, stabilization, or desistance of deviant behavior. The purpose of this …

Developmentalists suggest that adolescent criminal involvement encourages later life failure
in the social domains of education, welfare, and risky sexual activities. Although prior …

A dual taxonomy is presented to reconcile robust but incongruous facts about age and
antisocial behavior:(1) antisocial behavior shows impressive continuity over time, but (2) the …

This paper examines whether and how teen delinquency is consequential for a variety of
educational and employment outcomes. From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth we …

Abstract INFORMATION ON THE HEALTH, EDUCATION, FAMILY LIFE, AND WORK WAS
REGULARLY COLLECTED FROM THE 5,362 SUBJECTS, MALES AND FEMALES, IN …