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Research Article

The General Theory of Crime Revisited: Comparing the Relative Effects of Parental Responsiveness and Parental Behavioral Control on Aggressive and Nonaggressive Antisocial Behavior in Adolescence

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Pages 112-125 | Received 03 May 2021, Accepted 01 Dec 2021, Published online: 13 Dec 2021

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