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Tables of Contents for Causes of Delinquency
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction to the Transaction Edition
ix
Preface
xxi
Acknowledgments
xxiii
Perspectives on Delinquency
3
13
A Control Theory of Delinquency
16
19
The Sample and the Data
35
12
What is Delinquency?
47
18
The Social Distribution of Delinquency
65
18
Attachment to Parents
83
27
Attachment to the School
110
25
Attachment to Peers
135
27
Commitment to Conventional Lines of Action
162
25
Involvement in Conventional Activities
187
10
Belief
197
28
A Look Back
225
76
Appendixes
A. Some Traditional Variables and Delinquency
235
10
B. A Note on Techniques of Analysis
245
2
C. Research Instruments
247
54
Selected Bibliography
301
4
Index
305
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