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Farrington and Welsh (2007) have completed a book-length review of risk factors and effective interventions, entitled Saving Children from a Life of Crime (Oxford University Press). Several of the most important prospective longitudinal surveys are described in detail in Taking Stock of Delinquency edited by Thornberry and Krohn (Kluwer/Plenum, 2003). Criminal career research is reviewed in Key Issues in Criminal Career Research by Piquero et al. (Cambridge University Press, 2007). Developmental criminology and its theories are explained in Integrated Developmental and Life-course Theories of Offending edited by Farrington (Transaction, 2005). Wide-ranging reviews of what works to prevent crime can be found in Evidence-Based Crime Prevention edited by Sherman et al. (Routledge, 2006). More recent systematic reviews of the effectiveness of interventions are presented in Preventing Crime edited by Welsh and Farrington (Springer, 2006). Much information about risk factors and effective interventions can be found in Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders (Sage, 1998) and Child Delinquents (Sage, 2001), both edited by Loeber and Farrington. Early prevention techniques in the childhood years are reviewed in Early Prevention of Adult Antisocial Behaviour edited by Farrington and Coid (Cambridge University Press, 2003) and Support from the Start edited by Sutton et al. (DFES, 2004). Cost–benefit analyses are reviewed in Costs and Benefits of Preventing Crime edited by Welsh et al. (Westview, 2001) and in Changing Lives by Greenwood (University of Chicago Press, 2006).

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