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  2. Cycle of violence - Wikipedia

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    Breaking the cycle of abuse: Relationship predictors. Child Development, 59(4), 1080-1088. Egeland, B & Erickson, M - Rising above the past: Strategies for helping new mothers break the cycle of abuse and neglect. Zero to Three 1990, 11(2):29-35. Egeland, B. (1993) A history of abuse is a major risk factor for abusing the next generation.

  3. Deviance (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    Deviance is not a quality of the act the person commits, but rather a consequence of the application by others of rules and sanctions to an "offender". The deviant is one to whom the label has successfully been applied; deviant behavior is behavior that people so label.

  4. Social control theory - Wikipedia

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    This definition clearly distinguishes social control from mere "reactions to deviance" and from deviant behavior itself. Gibbs argues that "Homicide can be described either as control or as resulting from control failure" (1989: 35), and proposes that the homicide rate is a function not just of the sheer volume of disputes, but also of the ...

  5. Cycle of abuse - Wikipedia

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    Breaking the cycle of abuse: Relationship predictors. Child Development, 59(4), 1080–1088. Egeland, B & Erickson, M - Rising above the past: Strategies for helping new mothers break the cycle of abuse and neglect. Zero to Three 1990, 11(2):29-35. Egeland, B. (1993) A history of abuse is a major risk factor for abusing the next generation.

  6. Developmental theory of crime - Wikipedia

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    In many studies, the individuals displaying antisocial behavior developed in a family exhibiting "deviant behavior", in an "adverse home environment", or in something similar. [5] However most studies do not specify the exact traits that characterize the tested 'deviant' or 'adverse' environment.

  7. Primary deviance - Wikipedia

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    After she rejected him Manson turned to a life of deviancy. Manson thrived off of high-consensus deviant acts such as burglary and theft. Manson was then sent to Father Flanagan's Boys' Home in 1949. After 4 days at Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, Manson ran away and pursued other deviant acts; such as auto theft, burglary, and armed robbery.

  8. Domestic violence - Wikipedia

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    Bride burning or dowry killing is a form of domestic violence in which a newly married woman is killed at home by her husband or husband's family due to their dissatisfaction over the dowry provided by her family. The act is often a result of demands for more or prolonged dowry after the marriage. [102]

  9. Subcultural theory - Wikipedia

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    It is characterized by the following types of behavior: meeting face to face, milling, movement through space as a unit, conflict, and planning. The result of this collective behavior is the development of tradition, unreflective internal structure, esprit de corps, solidarity, morale, group awareness, and attachment to a local territory."