The Broken Family and Juvenile Delinquency: Scientific Explanation or Ideology?
- 1 June 1974
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Social Problems
- Vol. 21 (5) , 726-739
- https://doi.org/10.2307/799645
Abstract
The relationship between broken homes and juvenile delinquency was widely accepted from about 1900 until 1932. Then the broken home was rejected forKeywords
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