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1374

Overview

Delbert S. Elliott is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences with a specific focus on sociology and political science, general health professions, management science and operations research, and social psychology.

Their work covers a range of topics including criminal justice and corrections analysis, health policy implementation science, evaluation and performance assessment, crime patterns and interventions, and bullying, victimization, and aggression.

Delbert S. Elliott has contributed to various research publications, most notably in the venues Criminology & Public Policy and Annual Review of Criminology. Two recent papers include:

  • Evidence-based juvenile justice programs and practices: A critical review (2020), published in Criminology & Public Policy
  • Reflections on Six Decades of Research (2021), published in Annual Review of Criminology

Frequent collaborators in Elliott's research include Pamela R. Buckley, Denise C. Gottfredson, J. David Hawkins, and Patrick H. Tolan.

Best Publications

  • Explaining Delinquency and Drug Use

    Delbert S. Elliott;David. Huizinga;Suzanne S. Ageton

  • Multiple Problem Youth: Delinquency, Substance Use, and Mental Health Problems

    Delbert S. Elliott;David Huizinga;Scott W. Menard

  • Multiple Problem Youth: Delinquency, Substance Use, and Mental Health Problems.

    Margaret E. Ensminger;Delbert S. Elliott;David Huizanga;Scott Menard

  • Reconciling race and class differences in self-reported and official estimates of delinquency.

    Delbert S. Elliott;Suzanne S. Ageton

  • The Effects of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Adolescent Development

    Delbert S. Elliott;William Julius Wilson;David Huizinga;Robert J. Sampson

  • SERIOUS VIOLENT OFFENDERS: ONSET, DEVELOPMENTAL COURSE, AND TERMINATION—THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY 1993 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS*

    Delbert S. Elliott

  • Delinquency and dropout

    Delbert S. Elliott;Harwin L. Voss

  • Issues in disseminating and replicating effective prevention programs.

    Delbert S. Elliott;Sharon Mihalic

  • Reassessing the reliability and validity of self-report delinquency measures

    David Huizinga;Delbert S. Elliott

  • Delinquent friends and delinquent behavior: Temporal and developmental patterns.

    Delbert S. Elliott;Scott Menard

  • Blueprints for Violence Prevention

    Sharon Mihalic;Katherine Irwin;Delbert Elliott;Abigail Fagan

  • An Integrated Theoretical Perspective on Delinquent Behavior

    Delbert S. Elliott;Suzanne S. Ageton;Rachelle J. Canter

  • A Social Learning Theory Model of Marital Violence

    Sharon Wofford Mihalic;Delbert Elliott

  • Advancing Knowledge about the Onset of Delinquency and Crime

    David P. Farrington;Rolf Loeber;Delbert S. Elliott;J. David Hawkins

  • Violence in American Schools: A New Perspective

    Delbert S. Elliott;Beatrix A. Hamburg;Kirk R. Williams

  • Social Class and Delinquent Behavior in a National Youth Panel: 1976–1980

    Delbert S. Elliott;David Huizinga

  • THE ROLE OF ARREST IN DOMESTIC ASSAULT: THE OMAHA POLICE EXPERIMENT *

    Franklyn W. Dunford;David Huizinga;Delbert S. Elliott

  • Health-enhancing and health-compromising lifestyles.

    Delbert S. Elliott

  • Self-Reported Violent Offending A Descriptive Analysis of Juvenile Violent Offenders and Their Offending Careers

    Delbert S. Elliott;David Huizinga;Barbara Morse

  • Identifying Career Offenders Using Self-Reported Data:

    Franklyn W. Dunford;Delbert S. Elliott

  • Multiple problem youth

    Delbert S. Elliott;David Huizinga;Scott Menard

  • Explaining Delinquency and Drug Use.

    Allen E. Liska;Delbert S. Elliott;David Huzinga;Suzanne S. Ageton

Frequent Co-Authors

David Huizinga
David Huizinga University of Colorado Boulder
Abigail A. Fagan
Abigail A. Fagan University of Florida
J. David Hawkins
J. David Hawkins University of Washington
Denise C. Gottfredson
Denise C. Gottfredson University of Maryland, College Park
Robert J. Sampson
Robert J. Sampson Harvard University
Joan McCord
Joan McCord Temple University
Patrick H. Tolan
Patrick H. Tolan University of Virginia
David C. Rowe
David C. Rowe University of Arizona
David P. Farrington
David P. Farrington University of Cambridge
Karl G. Hill
Karl G. Hill University of Colorado Boulder

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