NATO Science Series - Series I: Life and Behavionral Sciences. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Multi-Problem Violent Youth.- 31 August - 3 September 2000, Cracow, Poland

Part I. Risk Factors: Youth Violence: Risk and protective Factores / N. Dickon Reppucci; Carrie S. Fried and Melinda G. Schmidt. Multiple Risk Factors for Multiple Problem Violent Boys / David P. Farrington. Risk/Need Assessment and Prevention of Antisocial Development in Young People: Basic Issues from a perspective of cautionary optimism / Friedrich Lösel. Are Pre and Perinatal factores related to the Development of Criminal Offending? / Sheilagh Hodgins; Lynn Kratzer and Thomas F. McNeil. Behavioral Aggression in Pre-schoolers: Identification, Assessment and Understanding / Pratibha N. Reebye. Child Neurospsychiatric Disorders: A Review of Associations with Delinquency and substance Use / Niklas Lângström. Family Impact on Youth Violence / Vladislav Ruchkin. Aggressive and Violent Girls: Prevalence, Profiles and Contributing Factors / Marlene Moretti and Candice Odgers. Neurological Aspects of Violence, Paricularly in Youth / Anneliese A. Pontius. Underlying Vulnerability Influencing Outcome Factors/Behaviors in Psychosocial Disturbances / Britt af Klinteberg. Psychopathy in Childhood and Adolescence: Implications for the Assesment and Management of Multi-Problem Youths / Gina M. Vincent and Stephen D. Hart. Delinquency and Aggression of School Children in Relation to Maternal Age / Jan B. Deijen; Eric Blaauw and Frans Willem Winkel. Part II. Assessment Issues: Review of Clinical Assessment Strategies and instruments for Adolescent Offenders / Marc Le Blanc. The Risk Factor Profile Instrument: Identifying Children at Risk for Serious and violent Delinquency / Trisha Beuhring. The under 12 Outreach project for antisocial boys: A Research based clinical program / Christopher D. Webster; Leena K. Augimeri and Christopher J. Koegl. Monitoring vital signs: Integrating a standardized Assessment into Washington State's Juvenile Justice System / Robert Barnoski. The Development and Implementation of the BARO: A new Device to Detect Psychopathology in Minors with First Police Contacts / Theo A. H. Doreleijers and Maarten Spaander. Towards valid cross-cultural Measures of Risk / David J. Cooke and Christine Michie. Part III. Comparative Themes: Selected Legal and Management Issues: The utility of an integrated multi-service instrument within France / Catherine Blatier and Raymond R. Corrado. The principles of formulating forensic psychology reports concerning minor and juvenile perpetrators of violent criminal acts in Poland / Jozef K. Gierowski and Teresa Jaskiewicz-Obydzinska. Violent Offenders with mental health problems: The Italian Youth Study / Luca Iani, Gaetano De Leo and Antonella Ciurlia. Adolescent Murderers: A Genoa Sample / Giovanni B. Traverso and Monica Bianchi. Juvenile Aggression: A Risk Factors model of instrumental and Reactive Violence and Ensuing Protective Intervention Programs / Frans Willem Winkel; Eric Blaauw and Ad Kerkhof. Part IV. Risk/Needs Management Instrument: A Conceptual Framework: An introduction to the Risk/Needs case management instrument for children and youth at Risk for Violence: The cracow instrument / Raymond R. Corrado. A preliminary conceptual framework for the Prevention and Management of Multi-problem Youth / Candice Odgers; Gina M. Vincent and Raymond R. Corrado.