[2] Dodge, a clinical and developmental psychologist, is a widely cited expert on the development, prevention and policy of aggressive behavior and chronic violence in children.

Through his research, Dodge concluded that early physical abuse can result in biased patterns of social information processing in children, and in subsequent aggressive behavior and school failure.

[4] Based on these findings, Dodge and his colleagues established the Fast Track Project, a comprehensive program designed to prevent young adult chronic violence by working with high-risk children to develop their academic and social skills.

Piloted in Durham County, North Carolina.,[7] the program has been evaluated in two randomized controlled trials and a field experiment.

[8][9] Dodge has published more than 500 scientific articles, and is among the most highly cited developmental psychologists in the world.