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An Integrated Approach To The Role Of Control In Child Maltreatment And Delinquency, Heather Page Kinnett
An Integrated Approach To The Role Of Control In Child Maltreatment And Delinquency, Heather Page Kinnett
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The purpose of this thesis is to integrate the labeling perspective and social support perspective into the central causal process of Charles Tittle's control balance theory. This will explain the linkages between child maltreatment and delinquency. The child maltreatment experience and the consequent label of victim affect a youth's self concept which in turn affects how a provoking event will be interpreted. The child maltreatment experience lessens the amount of control imbalance necessary for a provoking event to be interpreted as humiliating. The victim label also affects motivation for deviance indirectly through its effects on the control ratio and opportunity …