David P. Farrington has published extensively and is the first non-American to have been President of the American Society for Criminology. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy and the Academy of Medical Sciences. Jeremy W. Coid is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary College, University of London. His area of research is epidemiology of antisocial and high-risk behaviour, with a special interest in personality disorder. He is the author of Psychopathic and Antisocial Personality Disorders: Treatment and Research Issues (with B. Dolan, 1993).

'I thought the chapters in this book covered the topic comprehensively and at a uniformly high level. The book would be indispensable to anyone working in research in this field and most helpful to clinicians interested in prevention.' Psychological Medicine

• List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1. Advancing knowledge about the early prevention of adult antisocial behaviour David P. Farrington; 2. Formulating strategies for the primary prevention of adult antisocial behaviour: 'high risk' or 'population' strategies? Jeremy W. Coid; 3. Risk factors for adult antisocial personality Rolf Loeber, Stephanie M. Green and Benjamin B. Lahey; 4. Preventing the intergenerational continuity of antisocial behaviour: implications of partner violence Terrie E. Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi; 5. Protective factors and resilience Friedrich Lösel and Doris Bender; 6. Prevention during pregnancy, infancy and the preschool years Richard E. Tremblay and Christa Japel; 7. Prevention through family and parenting programmes David Utting; 8. Prevention in the school years J. David Hawkins and Todd I. Herrenkohl; 9. Prevention of antisocial behaviour in females Deborah Gorman-Smith; 10. Economic costs and benefits of primary prevention of delinquency and later offending: a review of the research Brandon C. Welsh; 11. Conclusions and the way forward David P. Farrington and Jeremy W. Coid; Index.

David P. Farrington has published extensively and is the first non-American to have been President of the American Society for Criminology. He is also a Fellow of the British Academy and the Academy of Medical Sciences. Jeremy W. Coid is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at St Bartholomew's Hospital and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary College, University of London. His area of research is epidemiology of antisocial and high-risk behaviour, with a special interest in personality disorder. He is the author of Psychopathic and Antisocial Personality Disorders: Treatment and Research Issues (with B. Dolan, 1993).

'I thought the chapters in this book covered the topic comprehensively and at a uniformly high level. The book would be indispensable to anyone working in research in this field and most helpful to clinicians interested in prevention.' Psychological Medicine

• List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1. Advancing knowledge about the early prevention of adult antisocial behaviour David P. Farrington; 2. Formulating strategies for the primary prevention of adult antisocial behaviour: 'high risk' or 'population' strategies? Jeremy W. Coid; 3. Risk factors for adult antisocial personality Rolf Loeber, Stephanie M. Green and Benjamin B. Lahey; 4. Preventing the intergenerational continuity of antisocial behaviour: implications of partner violence Terrie E. Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi; 5. Protective factors and resilience Friedrich Lösel and Doris Bender; 6. Prevention during pregnancy, infancy and the preschool years Richard E. Tremblay and Christa Japel; 7. Prevention through family and parenting programmes David Utting; 8. Prevention in the school years J. David Hawkins and Todd I. Herrenkohl; 9. Prevention of antisocial behaviour in females Deborah Gorman-Smith; 10. Economic costs and benefits of primary prevention of delinquency and later offending: a review of the research Brandon C. Welsh; 11. Conclusions and the way forward David P. Farrington and Jeremy W. Coid; Index.