SEX DIFFERENCES IN ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
Conduct Disorder, Delinquency, and Violence in the Dunedin Longitudinal Study
Terrie E. Moffitt, Avshalom Caspi, Michael Rutter, & Phil A. Silva
Cambridge University Press, 2001
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - This course was designed to allow the reader to:
• Understand current findings about the diagnosis and measurement of antisocial behavior
• Learn the importance of puberty
• Review the the problem and effects of partner violence
• Understand the nature of inter-generational transmission
• Learn if females are seldom antisocial and males are so frequently antisocial
• Review findings from the Dunedin study
• Learn about one form of antisocial behavior that is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting males
• Learn the forms which affect females as well as males and emerge in the context of social relationships
Terrie E. Moffitt is Professor of Social Behaviour and Development at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Associate Director of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit.
Avshalom Caspi is Professor of Personality and Social Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Sir Michael Rutter is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, and Deputy Chairman of the Wellcome Trust.
Phil A. Silva is Director Emeritus of the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit at the University of Otago School of Medicine.
8 CE credits; 245 pages
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