Contents 1. Major Aims of This Book PARTⅠ Developmental Course and Risk Factors 2. Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders 3. Race, Ethnicity, and Serious Juvenile Offending 4. The Contemporaneous Co-Occurrence of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending and Other Problem Behaviors 5. Development of Serious and Violent Offending Careers 6. Predictors of Violent or Serious Delinquency in Adolescence and Early Adulthood: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research 7. A Review of Predictors of Youth Violence 8. Membership in Youth Gangs and Involvement in Serious and Violent Offending 9. Screening of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Identification, Classification, and Prediction PARTⅡ Preventive Interventions and Graduated Sanctions 10. The Prevention of Serious and Violent Juvenile Offending 11. Comprehensive Community- and School-Based Interventions to Prevent Antisocial Behavior 12. Promising Programs for Youth Gang Violence Prevention and Intervention 13. Effective Intervention for Scrious Juvenile Offenders: A Synthesis of Research 14. The Impact of the Juvenile Justice System and Prospects for Granduated Sanctions in a Comprehensive Strategy 15. Intermediate Sanctions and Community Tretment for Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders PARTⅢ Concluding Overview 16. Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders: Gaps in Knowledge and Research Priorities 17. Conclusions and the Way Forward References Index About the Contributors