What Have We Learned from the CSDD in the Last 10 Years?

Abstract

The main aim of this chapter is to summarize recent results of the CSDD from 2013 to 2023, based on analyses of the G2 males. Brief summaries of some of the main findings can be found in Farrington (The Cambridge study in delinquent development. In: Eaves D, Webster CD, Haque Q, Eaves-Thalken J (eds) Risk rules: a practical guide to structured professional judgment and violence prevention. Pavilion Publishing, Hove, pp 225–233, 2019; New findings from the Cambridge study in delinquent development. In: Barnes JC, Forde DR (eds) The encyclopedia of research methods in criminology and criminal justice, vol 1. Wiley, Hoboken, pp 96–103, 2021), Farrington and Jolliffe (Latest results from the Cambridge study in delinquent development (CSDD). In: Andersson R, Wahlgren P (eds) A life in criminology: Festschrift to Jerzy Sarnecki. Justus Forlag, Uppsala, pp 45–55, 2022) and Farrington et al. (J Dev Life-Course Criminol 7:278–291, 2021). The key themes that will be described are childhood risk and protective factors, biological factors, psychopathy, intimate partner violence, intergenerational transmission, health, theory testing and development, the impact of life events, and the costs of crime.