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ERIC Number: EJ542133
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0044-118X
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A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment of Power-Control Theory and Single-Mother Families.
Leiber, Michael J.; Wacker, Mary Ellen E.
Youth & Society, v28 n3 p317-50 Mar 1997
Considers power-control theory in single-parent, female-headed families to determine whether a delinquency gender gap exists among children of single mothers, and what effects socialization has on delinquency. Findings show no gender difference in delinquency. Also, delinquent offending increased for females who associated with delinquent peers. (GR)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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