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Delinquency, Victimization, and the Developing Brain: Results from the ABCD-Social Development Study

Speakers
Barbara Tatem Kelley, Social Science Research Analyst ; Duncan Clark, University of Pittsburgh; Lia Ahonen, University of Pittsburgh; Ashley Parr, University of Pittsburgh

The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development – Social Development Study (ABCD-SD) is a longitudinal study on the relationship between the developing brain and delinquency and victimization. Supplementing ABCD brain and cognitive development measures, ABCD-SD protocol measures a wide array of delinquency- and victimization-related risks, protective factors and outcomes. These presentations will describe early adolescent findings from ABCD-SD on delinquency and victimization.

Date Published: December 2, 2020