In sum, the continuity of aggressive and antisocial behavior is considered to be “one of the few ‘knowns’ in aggression and criminology research” [Juon et al., 2006; p 194]. A number of ongoing prospective studies [e.g., Farrington, 2000; Huesmann et al., 2002; Huizinga and Jakob-Chien, 1998; Kokko et al., in press; Loeber et al., 1999; Pulkkinen and Pitkänen, 1993; Tremblay et al., 1999], although only beginning to report extensive data on middle and late adulthood behavior, confirm continuities from childhood aggression to late adolescent delinquency and early adulthood criminality. Of course, as researchers have pointed out [Huesmann and Moise, 1998; Loeber and Stouthamer-Loeber, 1998; Moffitt, 1993], most high-aggressive children do not end up as adult criminals. Nevertheless, early aggressive and antisocial behavior predicts a greater risk for becoming an adult criminal.
