Evidence of negligible parenting influences on self-control, delinquent peers, and delinquency in a sample of twins

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 544-569

  Wright, John ^a   Beaver, Kevin ^b   Delisi, Matt ^c   Vaughn, Michael ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d School of Social Work

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Genetics; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 49549122073     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820701864599     Document Type: Article

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