The Science of Violent Behavior Development and Prevention

Richard E. Tremblay is Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics and Psychology at the University of Montreal, Canada. He received the Stockholm Prize in Criminology, the American Society of Criminology's Sellin-Glueck Award, the Academy of Experimental Criminology's Joan McCord Prize and the award for lifetime contributions to research on aggression from the International Society for Research on Aggression.

1. Introduction Richard E. Tremblay; 2. From birth in a British orphanage to assessments of American Indians' development Elizabeth Jane Costello; 3. From rationing, illness and stress to the creation of a major longitudinal birth cohort Jean Golding; 4. From a country girl in south Finland to longitudinal research on alternatives to aggression and violence Lea Pulkkinen; 5. From occupied Netherlands to the Pittsburgh longitudinal studies Magda Stouthamer-Louber and Rolf Loeber; 6. From delinquent development to old age crime David P. Farrington; 7. Nurture and nature – surviving in the shadows of war Menno R. Kruk; 8. From an unruly child to a political protester and a promoter of ecology-minded concept of human development Rainer K.Silbereisen; 9. From the frustration-aggression hypothesis to moral reasoning and action Gian-Vittorio Caprara; 10. A torturous path towards understanding and preventing the development of chronic physical aggression Richard E. Tremblay; 11. From a ruined German neighborhood to resilient human development Friedrich Losel; 12. The last war baby Benjamin B. Lahey; 13. Comments on the autobiographies of the World War II babies by younger peers.