STABILITY AND PREDICTION OF AGGRESSIVE-BEHAVIOR

The Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development is a prospective longitudinal survey of 411 London males from age 8 to age 32. There was significant continuity and stability of aggression and violence. The most important predictors of teenage aggression and adult violence were economic deprivation, family criminality, poor child-rearing, school failure, impulsivity and antisocial child behaviour.