VALUE ORIENTATIONS AND DELINQUENCY INVOLVEMENT.
Current theories of juvenile delinquency have produced a bifurcation f explanations based on supposed class-linked differences among adolescents of various socioeconomic strata. The present study challenges many f the assumptions upon which current delinquency theory/research is based and suggests t...
| Publicado en: | Criminology Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 443 - 459 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Feb1978
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