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Download full textBrotherton, David C. – 1997
It has been the contention of researchers that the "old heads" (identified by Anderson in 1990 and Wilson in 1987) of the ghettos and barrios of America have voluntarily or involuntarily left the community, leaving behind new generations of youth without adult role models and legitimate social controllers. This absence of an adult strata…
Descriptors: Adults, Delinquency, Illegal Drug Use, Juvenile Gangs
