Parental Efficacy, Self-Control, and Delinquency: A Test of a General Theory of Crime on a Nationally Representative Sample of Youth

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-312

  Perrone, Dina ^a   Sullivan, Christopher J ^a   Pratt, Travis C ^b   Margaryan, Satenik ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Delinquency; General theory of crime; Gottfredson; Hirschi; Parental efficacy; Peers; Self control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CRIMINOLOGY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442451325     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03262513     Document Type: Article

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