Official records of juvenile delinquency in an epidemiologically defined cohort of predominately urban and minority youth

This proposal seeks funding to match data on the complaint, probation and placement history received from the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services (MDJS) with data from a cohort of 799 individuals who participated in a larger randomized control trial conducted by the Baltimore Prevention Program at Johns Hopkins University led by Dr. Ialongo. Briefly, this cohort is a representative sample of urban first graders from 9 elementary schools in predominantly low to lower middle income areas in Baltimore. These children were first assessed in the 1993/94 school year and are followed-up with yearly assessments until 12th grade with additional assessments planned in young adulthood.