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Causes of Juvenile Homicide: A Review of the Literature (From Juvenile Homicide, P 1-36, 1989, Elisa P Benedek and Dewey G Cornell, eds. -- See NCJ-123947)

NCJ Number

123948

Date Published

1989

Testing a Psychosocial Control Theory of Delinquency

NCJ Number

123964

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

1990

Explaining Juvenile Delinquency From a Biosocial Developmental Perspective

NCJ Number

121708

Journal

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Date Published

1989

Developmental Antecedents of Sexual Aggression

NCJ Number

120280

Date Published

1989

Characteristics of Male Adolescent Sibling Incest Offenders: Preliminary Findings

NCJ Number

120454

Date Published

1989

Childhood Identification and Prophylaxis of Antisocial Personality Disorder (From Juvenile Psychiatry and the Law, P 65-82, 1989, Richard Rosner and Harold I Schwartz, eds. -- See NCJ-119142)

NCJ Number

119147

Date Published

1989

Some Criminogenic Traits of Offenders (From Juvenile Psychiatry and the Law, P 13-28, 1989, Richard Rosner and Harold I Schwartz, eds. -- See NCJ-119142)

NCJ Number

119144

Date Published

1989

Psychodynamic Approach to Understanding Juvenile Criminality (From Juvenile Psychiatry and the Law, P 45-63, 1989, Richard Rosner and Harold I Schwartz, eds. -- See NCJ-119142)

NCJ Number

119146

Date Published

1989

Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency

NCJ Number

119481

Date Published

1989

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Decisions to Participate in and Desist From Four Types of Common Delinquency: Deterrence and the Rational Choice Perspective

NCJ Number

116884

Journal

Law and Society Review

Date Published

1989

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Perceived Blocked Opportunity as an Explanation of Delinquency Among Lower-class Black Males: A Research Note

NCJ Number

116151

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

Date Published

1989

Biopsychological Explanations of Delinquency (From Introduction to Juvenile Delinquency: Youth and the Law, P 67-92, 1984, James T Carey and Patrick D McAnany -- See NCJ-116445)

NCJ Number

116449

Date Published

1984

Social and Psychological Factors Underlying Inhalant Abuse (From Epidemiology of Inhalant Abuse: An Update, P 172-203, Rachel A Crider and Beatrice A Rouse, eds. -- See NCJ-115908).

NCJ Number

115910

Date Published

1988

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Violence and Unrestrained Behavior in Adolescents: A Survey

NCJ Number

112698

Date Published

1988

Psychology and Treatment of the Youthful Offender

NCJ Number

111716

Date Published

1988

Impact of Family Structure and Quality on Delinquency: A Comparative Assessment of Structural and Functional Factors

NCJ Number

112003

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

1988

Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency (From Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency: A Handbook of Application, Research, and Concepts, P 3-26, 1987, Edward K Morris and Curtis J Braukmann, eds. -- See NCJ 111159)

NCJ Number

111160

Date Published

1987

Inner World of the Black Juvenile Delinquent: Three Case Studies

NCJ Number

111468

Date Published

1987

Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency: A Handbook of Application, Research, and Concepts

NCJ Number

111159

Date Published

1987

Longitudinal Study of the Theoretical and Empirical Bases of High-Risk Delinquent and Criminal Behavior: A Multi-Cohort Multi-Wave Design (From Toward the Understanding of Criminal Behavior, 1983 -- See NCJ-110887)

NCJ Number

110890

Date Published

1983

Handicapped Juvenile Offenders

NCJ Number

110341

Journal

Remedial and Special Education

Date Published

1986

Childhood Aggression and Social Adjustment as Antecedents of Delinquency

NCJ Number

108910

Journal

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Date Published

1984

Self Definition by Rejection: The Case of Gang Girls

NCJ Number

108940

Journal

Social Problems

Date Published

1987

Nature and Correlates of Psychological/Emotional Functioning Among a Sample of Detained Youths

NCJ Number

108068

Journal

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Date Published

1987

Longitudinal Predictors of Serious Substance Use and Delinquency

NCJ Number

108527

Journal

Criminology

Date Published

1987