Introduction 1
1 Toward an Age-graded Theory of Informal Social Control 6
2 Unraveling Juvenile Delinquency and Follow-up Studies 25
3 Restoring， Supplementing， and Validating the Data 47
4 The Family Context of Juvenile Delinquency 64
5 The Role of School， Peers， and Siblings 99
6 Continuity in Behavior over Time 123
7 Adult Social Bonds and Change in Criminal Behavior 139
8 Comparative Models of Crime and Deviance 179
9 Exploring Life Histories 204
10 Summing Up and Looking Ahead 243
Appendix: Interviews with the Gluecks’ Original Research Staff 259
Notes 267
References 287
Index 305