Table of Contents

List of contributors; Preface; 1. Bad behaviour: an historical perspective on disorders of conduct E. Jane Costello and Adrian Angold; 2. Can the study of 'normal' behaviour contribute to an understanding of conduct disorder? Robert A. Hinde; 3. The development of children's conflict and prosocial behaviour: lessons from research on social understanding and gender Judy Dunn; 4. Neural mechanisms underlying aggressive behaviour Joe Herbert and Manuela Martinez; 5. Biosocial influences on antisocial behaviours in childhood and adolescence Jonathan Hill; 6. The epidemiology of disorders of conduct: nosological issues and comorbidity Adrian Angold and E. Jane Costello; 7. Conduct disorder in context Barbara Maughan; 8. Genetic influences on conduct disorder Emily Simonoff; 9. The role of neuropsychological deficits in conduct disorders Donald R. Lynam and Bill Henry; 10. A reinforcement model of conduct problems in children and adolescents: advances in theory and intervention Jeff Keisner, Thomas J. Dishion and François Poulin; 11. Perceptual and attributional processes in aggression and conduct problems Gregory S. Pettit, Jodi A. Polaha and Jacquelyn Mize; 12. Attachment and conduct disorder Michelle DeKlyen and Matthew L. Speltz; 13. Friends, friendships and conduct disorders Frank Vitaro, Richard E. Tremblay and William Bukowski; 14. Discontinuities of development, with particular emphasis on emotional and cognitive components of disruptive behaviour Rolf Loeber and John Coie; 15. Treatment of conduct disorders Alan E. Kazdin; 16. The prevention of conduct disorder: a review of successful and unsuccessful experiments David LeMarquand, Richard E. Tremblay and Frank Vitaro; 17. Economic evaluation and conduct disorders Martin Knapp; 18. Antisocial children grown up Barbara Maughan and Michael Rutter; 19. Conduct disorder: future directions. An afterword Michael Rutter; Index.