Simons, Ronald L. <br/><br/>
Families, delinquency, and crime :  linking society's most basic institution to antisocial behavior / 
Ronald L. Simons, Leslie Gordon Simons, Lora Ebert Wallace. 
 - Los Angeles, Calif. :  Roxbury Pub. Co.,  c2004. 
 - xvi, 232 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Defining our terms and focus -- Linking parenting and delinquency : theories of social and self-control -- Combining family and peer processes : social learning models -- The consequences of corporal punishment and abusive parenting -- Divorce, family structure, and delinquency -- Community context, family processes, and delinquency -- Linking childhood delinquency and adult crime : life course perspectives on antisocial behavior -- Marital violence : antisocial behavior learned in childhood? -- Physical and sexual abuse of children -- Conclusions and observations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1931719306 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal behavior, Prediction of.<br/>Juvenile delinquency.<br/>Juvenile delinquents--Family relationships.<br/>Deviant behavior.<br/>Parent and child--Psychological aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV6157  / .S56 2004