Families, Delinquency, and Crime: Linking Society's Most Basic Institution to Antisocial Behavior
- ISBN-10
- 1931719306
- ISBN-13
- 9781931719308
- Pages
- 232
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Roxbury Publishing Company
- Authors
- Ronald L. Simons, Leslie Gordon Simons, Lora Ebert Wallace
Description
The authors (of the U. of Georgia and Western Illinois U.) review and evaluate sociological, criminological, and psychological literature on the link between family life and antisocial behavior. They offer separate sections on child and adolescent antisocial behavior and adult antisocial behavior, paying particular attention to how the family socia
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