Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS)

Terence P. Thornberry (University of Colorado-Boulder)
Project Director

Marvin D. Krohn
Alan J. Lizotte
Shawn D. Bushway
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.

Projects and Sponsoring Agencies

Examining Protective Factors for Youth Violence Within A Developmental Framework
(Marvin D. Krohn, Alan J. Lizotte, and Shawn D. Bushway, Project Directors)
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Intergenerational Transmission of Risk for Drug Use
(Marvin D. Krohn and Alan J. Lizotte, Project Directors)
University of Colorado at Boulder, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Maltreatment and Delinquency Across Three Generations
(Marvin D. Krohn, Project Director)
University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Life Course Continuity and Change in Antisocial Behavior
(Marvin D. Krohn and Alan J. Lizotte, Project Directors)
University of Colorado at Boulder, National Institute of Mental Health

Publications

Staff

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

Albany Office:
Rebekah Chu
Adrienne Freeman-Gallant
Gina P. Hall
Marilyn Hubbard
Nicole Schmidt

Rochester Office:
Jeanne Harrod
Gail Slater
Alfreda Walker
Carol Wright
Paris Kaye

Contact Information
Telephone: (518) 442-5613

E-mail: p.porter@albany.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