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This book reviews studies of the correlates of delinquent behavior that have been published in the psychological, sociological, and psychiatric literatures. The book focuses on the empirical findings in these literatures, rather than on discussions of the numerous theoretical models that have guided research. Several chapters address important areas of research that have been largely neglected by previous reviewers. Studies by researchers who have recently developed multidimensional causal models of delinquent behavior are examined in Chapter 4. In Chapter 5 the correlates of delinquent behavior in female adolescents are reviewed. And the small extant literatures regarding the correlates of sexual offending and violent offending are examined in Chapter 6. Chapters 7 and 8 examine treatments that focus on individual adolescent offenders and treatments that focus on important systems of the offenders, respectively. . . . Finally, methodological and conceptual recommendations for future research are presented in Chapter 9. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)