Rates of street crime have dropped substantially over the past several decades, but
important nuances of this decline are underappreciated and the reasons for it remain …

A dramatic rise in arrest rates for girls over the past decade has led to an increasing interest
in understanding gender differences in the risk factors that are associated with delinquency …

Gender: Psychological Perspectives synthesizes the latest research on gender to help
students think critically about the differences between research findings and stereotypes …

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PURPOSE: Because popular media such as movies can both reflect and contribute to
changes in cultural norms and values, we examined gender differences and trends in the …

ABSTRACT US trends in population health suggest alarming disparities among young
adults, who are less healthy across most measureable domains than their counterparts in …

The purpose of this study was to identify the relative contribution of individual and contextual
predictors to students' attitudes toward the acceptability of cheating and plagiarism. A group …

Girls suspected or convicted of assaults make up an increasing proportion of juvenile arrests
and court caseloads. There is indication that changes in domestic violence arrest policies …

There exists a healthy debate about the process and value of substantiation in child welfare.
Much of this debate focuses on understanding whether substantiated and unsubstantiated …

We examined the occurrence and coexistence of externalising and internalising problem
behaviour among Swedish boys and girls, and investigated whether there are differences in …