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  2. Power-control theory of gender and delinquency - Wikipedia

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    Power-control theory differs from other control theories that view crime as a cause of low social status (cited from book). This theory compares gender and parental control mechanisms in two different types of families; patriarchal and egalitarian to explain the differences in self-reported male and female misconduct.

  3. John L. Hagan - Wikipedia

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    John L. Hagan is an American sociologist focusing on criminology. He is currently the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Law at Northwestern University and University Professor Emeritus of Law and Sociology at University of Toronto and also formerly the Dahlstrom Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Law at University of North Carolina (1994-96).

  4. Human rights - Wikipedia

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    [115] Right-wing critics of human rights argue that they are "unrealistic and unenforceable norms and inappropriate intrusions on state sovereignty", while left-wing critics of human rights argue that they fail "to achieve – or prevents better approaches to achieving – progressive goals". [116]

  5. Natural rights and legal rights - Wikipedia

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    Natural rights were traditionally viewed as exclusively negative rights, [6] whereas human rights also comprise positive rights. [7] Even on a natural rights conception of human rights, the two terms may not be synonymous. The concept of natural rights is not universally accepted, partly due to its religious associations and perceived incoherence.

  6. John Hagan - Wikipedia

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    John Hagan may refer to: John Hagan (1785?–1856), American slave trader; John N. Hagan (1873–1952), North Dakota politician; John Hagan (sailor) (born 1946), eighth Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy; John L. Hagan, American sociologist; John Hagan (Ohio politician), former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives

  7. John Hagan (slave trader) - Wikipedia

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    John Hagan was also a cotton factor, meaning he ran a cotton brokerage and de facto private bank and business office for cotton plantation owners. [ 5 ] According to historian Walter Johnson , "John Hagan's yearly routine began in Charleston with slave buying during June and July; he continued in Virginia and then was back in Charleston in ...

  8. John Hagedorn - Wikipedia

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    Hagedorn dropped out of college in 1967 to work full-time in the civil rights and then anti-war movements. He was doing community organizing in Milwaukee in 1981 when he observed gangs forming. He ran the city's first gang diversion program and returned to school, getting his BS in 1985 and his MA in sociology in 1987 from the University of ...

  9. Harm principle - Wikipedia

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    It was found within his list of political rights (political activities that did not involve harm to others) - but also within his non-political liberty rights - his "tastes and pursuits" - activities which did not involve politics and did not involve harm to others: This, then, is the appropriate region of human liberty.