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These critical policy-relevant questions regarding adolescent offending and how to reduce it are the substantive topics of this volume. Each of these questions has been addressed by numerous studies. Why another book?-To capitalize on recent investments in longitudinal research.

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Liberman, A.M. (2008). Synthesizing Recent Longitudinal Findings. In: Liberman, A.M. (eds) The Long View of Crime: A Synthesis of Longitudinal Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71165-2_1

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