Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS)

Terence P. Thornberry (University of Maryland)
Project Director

Marvin D. Krohn (University of Florida)
Alan J. Lizotte (University at Albany, SUNY)
Project Co-Directors

The Rochester Youth Development Study is an ongoing longitudinal investigation of the development of antisocial behavior, including delinquency and drug use. The study began in 1988 when 1000 adolescents and their parents from Rochester, New York were interviewed about topics including their family relationships, peers, gang membership, delinquency, drug use, and education. The panel members were interviewed 12 times between 1988 and 1997. In addition, data were collected from official records such as police, schools, and social services. The oldest biological children (ages 2-11) of the original sample adolescents (now ages 24-26) are the focal subjects of a new phase of this study, initially funded for 5 annual assessments. Data are collected via videotaped observations of parent-child interactions, parent interviews, child interviews, and official records. Many of the topics are the same as those in the original study, with special emphasis on parenting behaviors and parent-child interactions. This new phase of the study focuses on transmission of antisocial behavior across generations, examining both continuities and discontinuities in these behaviors.

Current Projects and Sponsoring Agencies

Intergenerational Transmission of Risk for Drug Use
(Alan J. Lizotte, Project Director)
University of Maryland, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Development & Intergenerational Paths to Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment
(Carolyn A. Smith, Project Director)
University of Maryland, National Institute of Mental Health

Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency
(Alan J. Lizotte, Project Director)
University of Maryland, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Publications

Staff

The RYDS maintains two offices, a research office in Albany, NY and a field office in Rochester, NY.

Albany Office:

• Arna Carlock
• Rebekah Chu
• Amanda Emmert
• Adrienne Freeman-Gallant
• Matthew Phillips

Rochester Office:

• Jeanne Harrod
• Alfreda Walker
• Carol Wright
• Paris Kaye
  
  

Contact Information
Telephone: (518) 442-5597

E-mail: p.porter@umd.edu

FAX: (518) 442-4266

Write:

Rochester Youth Development Study

Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center

University at Albany, SUNY

135 Western Avenue, DR-241

Albany, NY 12222

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