Delinquency, unstructured socializing, and social change: the rise and fall of a teen culture of independence

This article delves into the connections between time trends in unstructured socializing and other dramatic changes in adolescence since the 1950s. Osgood et al.’s (1996) individual-level application of routine activity theory proposed that unstructured socializing contributes to crime by exposing p...

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Main Author: Osgood, D. Wayne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 681-704
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