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Chen, Xiaojin; Adams, Michele – Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2010
Prior research has identified a small group of adolescents who completely refrain from delinquent behavior. Researchers have hypothesized that these adolescents may be excluded from normative peer activities and are thus insulated from delinquent peer role models. A central argument in Moffitt's account of delinquency abstention, for example, is…
Descriptors: Role Models, Delinquency, Friendship, Personality