Suggests that the most promising route to effective strategies for the prevention of
adolescent alcohol and other drug problems is through a risk-focused approach. This …

This meta-analysis of 161 published and unpublished manuscripts was conducted to
determine whether the association between parenting and delinquency exists and what the …

Legal socialization is the process by which children and adolescents acquire their law
related values, attitudes, and reasoning capacities. Such values and attitudes, in particular …

The history of political events is made by people. It doesn't exist without us. From wars to
elections to political protests, the choices we make, our actions, how we behave, dictate …

" Character" has become a front-and-center topic in contemporary discourse, but this term
does not have a fixed meaning. Character may be simply defined by what someone does …

From Cohen, LE and Felson, M.(1979). Social change and crime rate trends: A routine
activity approach. American Sociological Review, 44, 588-608.8. 1 Abstract 188 8.2 …

Summary In 1996, the World Health Assembly declared violence a major public health
issue. To follow up on this resolution, on Oct 3 this year, WHO released the first World Report …

The social learning theory of crime integrates Edwin H. Sutherland's diff erential association
theory with behavioral learning theory. It is a widely accepted and applied approaches to …

This article argues for the value in socialization research of focusing explicitly on the
construct of parental psychological control of children—control that constrains, invalidates …

In A General Theory of Crime, Gottfredson and Hirschi propose that low self-control, in
interaction with criminal opportunity, is the major cause of crime. The research reported in …