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J. David Hawkins is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields, primarily within medicine, health professions, and social sciences. The subfields of their work include general health professions, clinical psychology, health, public health, and environmental and occupational health, as well as sociology and political science.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics involving child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, homelessness and social issues, health disparities and outcomes, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, smoking behavior and cessation, health policy implementation science, and child abuse and trauma.

Recent publications by J. David Hawkins include the following papers:

  • Evidence-based juvenile justice programs and practices: A critical review, 2020, Criminology & Public Policy
  • Outcomes of Childhood Preventive Intervention Across 2 Generations, 2020, JAMA Pediatrics
  • Long-term Impacts and Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Communities That Care Prevention System at Age 23, 12 Years After Baseline, 2021, Prevention Science
  • State of the Art in Substance Use Prevention and Early Intervention: Applications to Pediatric Primary Care Settings, 2021, Prevention Science
  • Applying the Social Development Model in Middle Childhood to Promote Healthy Development: Effects from Primary School Through the 30s and Across Generations, 2020, Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology

The researcher frequently collaborates with other scholars. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Jennifer A. Bailey
  • Rick Kosterman
  • Sabrina Oesterle
  • Marina Epstein
  • Richard F. Catalano

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • Prevention Science
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health
  • Criminology & Public Policy
  • JAMA Pediatrics

Best Publications

  • Risk and protective factors for alcohol and other drug problems in adolescence and early adulthood: Implications for substance abuse prevention.

    J. David Hawkins;Richard F. Catalano;Janet Y. Miller

  • Positive Youth Development in the United States: Research Findings on Evaluations of Positive Youth Development Programs

    Richard F. Catalano;M. Lisa Berglund;Jean A. M. Ryan;Heather S. Lonczak

  • The social development model: A theory of antisocial behavior.

    Richard F. Catalano;J. David Hawkins

  • The Science of Prevention: A Conceptual Framework and Some Directions for a National Research Program

    John D. Coie;Norman F. Watt;Stephen G. West;J. David Hawkins

  • Preventing adolescent health-risk behaviors by strengthening protection during childhood.

    J. David Hawkins;Richard F. Catalano;Rick Kosterman;Rebecca Abbott

  • The social development model: An integrated approach to delinquency prevention.

    J. David Hawkins;Joseph G. Weis

  • The importance of bonding to school for healthy development: findings from the Social Development Research Group.

    Richard F. Catalano;Kevin P. Haggerty;Sabrina Oesterle;Charles B. Fleming

  • Predictors of Early High School Dropout: A Test of Five Theories.

    Sara Battin-Pearson;Michael D. Newcomb;Robert D. Abbott;Karl G. Hill

  • Measuring risk and protective factors for substance use, delinquency, and other adolescent problem behaviors. The Communities That Care Youth Survey.

    Michael W. Arthur;J. David Hawkins;John A. Pollard;Richard F. Catalano

  • Communities That Care: Action for Drug Abuse Prevention

    J. David Hawkins;Richard F. Catalano Jr.

  • A review of predictors of youth violence.

    J. David Hawkins;Todd Herrenkohl;David P. Farrington;Devon Brewer

  • Developmental risk factors for youth violence

    Todd I Herrenkohl;Eugene Maguin;Karl G Hill;J.David Hawkins

  • Exploring the effects of age of alcohol use initiation and psychosocial risk factors on subsequent alcohol misuse

    J. D. Hawkins;J. W. Graham;E. Maguin;R. Abbott

  • Promoting science-based prevention in communities

    J.David Hawkins;Richard F Catalano;Michael W Arthur

  • Predictors of Youth Violence

    J. David Hawkins;Todd I. Herrenkohl;David P. Farrington;Devon Brewer

  • Delinquency and crime : current theories

    J. David Hawkins

  • Modeling the Etiology of Adolescent Substance Use: A Test of the Social Development Model

    Richard F. Catalano;Rick Kosterman;J. David Hawkins;Michael D. Newcomb

  • Risk and protection: Are both necessary to understand diverse behavioral outcomes in adolescence?

    John A. Pollard;J. David Hawkins;Michael W. Arthur

  • The dynamics of alcohol and marijuana initiation: patterns and predictors of first use in adolescence.

    R. Kosterman;J. D. Hawkins;Jie Guo;R. F. Catalano

  • Prevention science and positive youth development: competitive or cooperative frameworks?

    Richard F Catalano;J.David Hawkins;M.Lisa Berglund;John A Pollard

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard F. Catalano
Richard F. Catalano University of Washington
Karl G. Hill
Karl G. Hill University of Colorado Boulder
Robert D. Abbott
Robert D. Abbott University of Washington
Todd I. Herrenkohl
Todd I. Herrenkohl University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David P. Farrington
David P. Farrington University of Cambridge
Kevin P. Haggerty
Kevin P. Haggerty University of Washington
W. Alex Mason
W. Alex Mason University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Elizabeth A. Wells
Elizabeth A. Wells University of Washington
Kathryn C. Monahan
Kathryn C. Monahan University of Pittsburgh
Richard Spoth
Richard Spoth Iowa State University

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