A home and family background study of 500 first time inmates of the Texas Prison System

Date

1952-08

Authors

Humberson, Jerry L.

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Publisher

Sam Houston State University

Abstract

Purpose: It was the purpose of this study to see what relationships or conditions were present in the home and family background of five-hundred inmates of the Texas Prison System which might have influenced them toward becoming delinquents and criminals.

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Keywords

Criminology, Texas, Criminal Psychology, Family life surveys

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