The Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study was a pioneering study in the field of criminology, one that is worth examining. Brandon Welsh , the Dean’s Professor of Criminology in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern University, wrote a book examining the history of this type of criminological evaluation and the life of Richard Cabot, the study’s founder and first director.
“Between Medicine and Criminology: Richard Cabot and the Making of the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study” looks at the study and how it came to be along with the key players. It was written with two other scholars who’ve worked with Welsh on the study. “At root, (the goal) was to write the first book about the making of this study,” Welsh said. “This was a bread-and-butter study, learning about life course developments and effects. … This is our effort to peel back and try to understand the individuals at play, most prominently Richard Clarke Cabot.”
