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Long-Term Social-Psychological Influences on Deviant Attitudes and Criminal Behavior

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Various forms of antisocial attitudes and deviant behaviors have been addressed in traditional theoretical perspectives, such as theories of strain (Cloward, 1959; Merton, 1957), control (Hirschi, 1969), and social learning (Akers, Krohn, Lanza-Kaduce, & Radosevich, 1979). There have also been attempts to integrate some combination of strain, control, and social learning propositions in the explanation of deviance (Elliot, Huizinga, & Ageton, 1985; Jessor, Graves, Hanson, & Jessor, 1968; Kaplan, 1985). Even though substantial progress in theoretical development is apparent in this line of research, few studies have investigated differential predictions over an extended period of time using comprehensive analytical designs (for reviews, see Johnson, Wish, Schmeidler, & Huizinga, 1991; Loeber & Dishion, 1983).

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  1. Institute for Prevention Research, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90007, USA

    Alan W. Stacy

  2. Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

    Alan W. Stacy

  3. Division of Counseling and Educational Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90007, USA

    Michael D. Newcomb

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Stacy, A.W., Newcomb, M.D. (1995). Long-Term Social-Psychological Influences on Deviant Attitudes and Criminal Behavior. In: Kaplan, H.B. (eds) Drugs, Crime, and Other Deviant Adaptations. Longitudinal Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0970-1_4

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