Holding parents responsible: Is Vicarious Responsibility the Public's Answer to Juvenile Crime?

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-529

  Brank, Eve M ^a   Greene, Edie ^b   Hochevar, Katherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Clinical Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile delinquency; Parental responsibility; Vicarious responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955250097     PISSN: 10768971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024566     Document Type: Article

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