Books
- Jessor, R. (contributing author). Lloyd, C.B. (ed.). 2005. Growing Up Global: Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press.
- Jessor, R. (ed.). 1998. New Perspectives on Adolescent Risk Behavior. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Jessor, R., Colby, A., and Shweder, R.A. (eds.). 1996. Ethnography and Human Development: Context and Meaning in Social Inquiry. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- Jessor, R. (contributing author). Panel on High-Risk Youth, National Research Council. 1993. Losing Generations: Adolescents in High-Risk Settings. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press.
- Jessor, R., Donovan, J.E., and Costa, F. 1991. Beyond Adolescence: Problem Behavior and Young Adult Development. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Jessor, R. (ed.). 1991. Perspectives on Behavioral Science: The Colorado Lectures. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
- Jessor, R., and Jessor, S.L. 1997. Problem Behavior and Psychosocial Development: A Longitudinal Study of Youth. New York: Academic Press.
- Jessor, R., Graves, T.D., Hanson, R.C., and Jessor, S.L. 1968. Society, Personality, and Deviant Behavior: A Study of a Tri-ethnic Community. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Reprinted by Kreiger Publishing Company, Inc., Melbourne, FL.
- Jessor, R., and Feshbach, S. (eds.). 1967. Cognition, Personality, and Clinical Psychology. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Gruber, H. E., Hammond, K.R., and Jessor, R. (eds.). 1957. Contemporary Approaches to Cognition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.