Session Submission Summary

Advancing Knowledge about Delinquency and Justice

Thu, Nov 20, 11:00am to 12:20pm, Marriott, Foothill J, 2nd Floor

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

In this panel, key conclusions from the Pittsburgh Youth Study are reviewed, especially concerning violence and homicide. Then convictions and self-reports of offending are compared to advance knowledge about scaling-up factors. Then the effects of convictions on self-reported offending are reviewed. Finally, the conclusions of three study groups are summarized, on serious and violent juvenile offenders, child delinquents, and young adult offenders.

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