On the Logical Adequacy of Cultural Deviance Theories

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 403-428

  Costello, Barbara ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

control theory; cultural deviance; differential association; social learning; social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037584688     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480697001004001     Document Type: Article

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