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  2. Cycle of violence - Wikipedia

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    Quayle, E Taylor, M - Child pornography and the Internet: Perpetuating a cycle of abuse Deviant Behavior, Volume 23, Issue 4 July 2002, pages 331 - 361; Stone, AE & Fialk, RJ Criminalizing the exposure of children to family violence: Breaking the cycle of abuse 20 Harv. Women's L.J. 205, Spring, 1997

  3. Developmental theory of crime - Wikipedia

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    Two types of antisocial behavior were measured: covert, or behavior that focuses on deceit and theft, and overt, or behavior that involves direct confrontation and the threat of physical harm. This experiment documents subjects during three main periods of their life: childhood , 6–11 years of age, adolescence, 12–17 years of age, and ...

  4. Social control theory - Wikipedia

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    Another early form of the theory was proposed by Reiss (1951) [3] who defined delinquency as, "...behavior consequent to the failure of personal and social controls." ." Personal control was defined as, "...the ability of the individual to refrain from meeting needs in ways which conflict with the norms and rules of the community" while social control was, "...the ability of social groups or ...

  5. Anti-social behaviour - Wikipedia

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    Family therapy, which is a type of psychotherapy, helps promote communication between family members, thus resolving conflicts related to anti-social behaviour. [34] Since family exerts enormous influence over children's development, it is important to identify the behaviours that could potentially lead to anti-social behaviours in children. [ 35 ]

  6. 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.

  7. Identified patient - Wikipedia

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    Identified patient (IP) is a clinical term often used in family therapy discussion. It describes one family member in a dysfunctional family who is used as an expression of the family's authentic inner conflicts. As a family system is dynamic, the overt symptoms of an identified patient draw attention away from the "elephants in the living room ...

  8. Psychopathy - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 March 2025. Personality construct Not to be confused with Psychosis, Psychopathology, Psychic, or Sycophancy. "Psychopaths" and "Psychopath" redirect here. For other uses, see Psychopath (disambiguation). "Sociopathy" and "Sociopath" redirect here. For another usage of these terms, see antisocial ...

  9. Deviance (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    Secondary deviance is deviance before and after the primary deviance. Retrospective labeling happens when the deviant recognizes his acts as deviant after the primary deviance, while prospective labeling is when the deviant recognizes future acts as deviant. The steps to becoming a criminal are: [citation needed] Primary deviation; Social ...