This volume provides a unique life span developmental perspective on a major social problem - aggressive and violent behaviour. Among the topics explored are bullying among schoolchildren, helping families change, wife battering, sex offenders and elder abuse. Integrating empirical research with clinical applications, contributors start by examining issues in the development of aggressive behaviour in young children and its progression in older children and adolescents. An exploration of the cause, effect and treatment of such behaviour in adults follows.

Towards an Understanding of a Developmental Paradigm for Aggressive Conduct Problems During the Preschool Years - Sarah Landy and Ray DeV Peters Developmental Disparities of Abused Children - David A Wolfe, Christine Wekerle and Robin McGee

Directions for Prevention Developmental Changes in Antisocial Behavior - G R Patterson Working with Children and Adolescents to End the Cycle of Violence - Peter G Jaffe, Marlies Sudermann and Deborah Reitzel

A Social Learning Approach to Intervention and Prevention Programs Bullying Among Schoolchildren - Dan Olweus

Intervention and Prevention Helping Families with Aggressive Children and Adolescents Change - Jean E Dumas, Elaine A Blechman and Ronald J Prinz Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Edna B Foa and Barbara O Rothbaum

Clinical Features and Treatment Cognitive Treatment of Crime-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Patricia A Resick Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on the Etiology and Prevention of Wife Assault - Donald G Dutton The Relapse Prevention Model - Janice K Marques and Craig Nelson

Can It Work with Sex Offenders? Dealing with Dangerousness - Vernon L Quinsey and William D Walker

Community Risk Management Strategies with Violent Offenders Reducing Violence in Institutions - Grant T Harris and Marnie E Rice

Maintaining Behavior Change Psychopathy and Crime Across the Lifespan - Robert D Hare, Adelle E Forth and Katy E Strachan Elder Abuse in Canada and the United States - Joseph P Hornick, Lynn McDonald and Gerald B Robertson

Prevalence, Legal and Service Issues