The family → low self-control → deviance: A cross-cultural and cross-national test of self-control theory

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 505-530

  Vazsonyi, Alexander T ^a   Belliston, Lara M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African American; Family processes; General theory of crime; Parenting; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947706683     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806292299     Document Type: Article

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