A test of Hirschi's social bonding theory: Juvenile delinquency in the high schools of Ankara, Turkey

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 711-726

  Özbay, Özden ^a   Özcan, Yusuf Ziya ^b  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Hirschi; Social bonding theory; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BONDING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 33750343840     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X05283525     Document Type: Article

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