Increasing national statistics concerning the frequency of child and adolecent antisocial behavior has lead to a research intrest in this area. This article examines the science of prevention, the classification and defitions of three distinct types of prevention , and stress the importance of further research in the prediction and prevention of youth antisocial behavior.

              Tolan, P.H., Guerra, H.G., and Philip, K.C., (1995) Introduction to special section: Prediction and prevention of antisocial behavior in children and adolecents. The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Pyschology, 63, (4), 515-517.