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List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study
3. Sex differences in the amount of antisocial behaviour: dimensional measures
4. Sex differences in the prevalence of antisocial behaviour: categorical diagnostic measures
5. Sex differences in physical violence and sex similarities in partner abuse
6. Sex and the developmental stability of antisocial behaviour
7. Sex and the age of onset of delinquency and conduct disorder
8. Sex effects in risk predictors for antisocial behaviour: are males more vulnerable than females to risk factors for antisocial behaviour?
9. Sex effects in risk predictors for antisocial behaviour: are males exposed to more risk factors for antisocial behaviour?
10. Can sex differences in personality traits help to explain sex differences in antisocial behaviour?
11. Sex and comorbidity: are there sex differences in the co-occurrence of conduct disorder and other disorders?
12. Do girls who develop antisocial behaviour surmount a higher threshold of risk than their male counterparts?
13. Sex differences in the effects of antisocial behaviour on young adult outcomes
14. Sex, antisocial behaviour and mating: mate selection and early childbearing
15. Evaluating the recommendation to relax the criteria for diagnosing conduct disorder in girls
16. Life-course persistent and adolescence-limited antisocial behaviour among males and females
17. Priorities for a research agenda
References
Index.
