Abstract
There can be little debate regarding how complex, time-consuming, and costly it can be to conduct a well-designed prospective longitudinal study on crime. Despite this complexity and the significant amount of resources that are needed, the information that can be gleaned from these types of studies provides an invaluable benefit to the criminological literature in general and for developmental and life-course criminology specifically. In addition, the information generated from these studies is fundamentally important in criminology and have much to offer for academics, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers alike. This Chapter briefly documents the main findings that emerged from this most recent and longest examination of the official offending, self-reported offending, and trajectories of offending among members of the Youngest and Oldest Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS) cohorts. We then will compare the findings from the PYS with findings based on the Cambridge Study on Delinquent Development (CSDD), which constituted the inspiration for the PYS analyses. Theoretical implications and policy and prevention implications are also briefly discussed.
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Jennings, W.G., Loeber, R., Pardini, D.A., Piquero, A.R., Farrington, D.P. (2016). Conclusions. In: Offending from Childhood to Young Adulthood. SpringerBriefs in Criminology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25966-6_5
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