-Childhood: physical aggression in childhood, pre- and peri-natal development, and environment.
-Adolescence: the impact of schooling, unstructured time with peers, gang membership and peer networks.
-Adulthood: Adult onset crime, unemployment in emerging adulthood, crime and adult outcomes.
-Prevention and Intervention: community programs, lifetime intervention strategies, re-entry.

"This Handbook should be required reading for all criminologists."
David P. Farrington, Professor of Psychological Criminology, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

"...it lays out rich agendas for future research that should inspire the next generation of developmental criminologists."
Daniel S. Nagin, Teresa and H. John Heinz III University Professor of Public Policy and Statistics, Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA