... become very friendly to delinquent peers when parental controls or parental love is weak (Warr, 1993). This suggests that parental factors may be a distant basis of involvement in crime, and friendship with delinquent peers being the more likely cause. It was strongly believed that juveniles, who hang out with delinquent peers, are more at risk of getting involved in crime, simply ... 's employment possibilities (Fagan, and Freeman, 1999), it can be argued that crime causes poverty and unemployment, rather than the other way round. The only safe way to find out the true direction of the ...

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