Families, Delinquency and Crime: Linking Society's most basic Institution to Antisocial Behavior :

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.