James, Oliver.

Juvenile violence in a winner-loser culture socio-economic and familial origins of the rise in violence against the person Oliver James. - London New York Free Association Books 1995. - 171 p. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-164) and index.

Parental causes of individual differences in violence : abuse, disharmony and irritability -- Irritability in depressed mothers : a hidden cause of violence? -- Low income versus single parenting, low intelligence, and the underclass culture as causes of parental abuse, disharmony, and irritability -- Inequality : the direct effect of economics and culture on the prevalence of adult male violence -- Gender : the outwardly-directed violence of depressed men and the inwardly-directed violence of depressed women -- Biology : not a major cause of differences in violence between men -- Explaining the unprecedented rise in violence against the person since 1987.

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Violent crimes--Great Britain.
Parent and teenager--Great Britain.
Poor--Family relationships.--Great Britain
Problem families--Economic conditions.--Great Britain
Socially handicapped teenagers--Family relationships.--Great Britain
Socially handicapped teenagers--Economic conditions.--Great Britain
Teenage boys--Family relationships.--Great Britain
Teenage boys--Conduct of life.--Great Britain