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Before the advent of epidemiological studies, there were basically two schools of thought about the origin of antisocial behavior in children: “(1) that it was largely the product of disapproval by middle class female teachers of normal behavior in lower class males, and it would disappear when children left school; and (2) that antisocial behavior represented an alternative to neurotic symptoms, that is, a way of coping with overwhelming anxiety and depression, and should be amenable to insight-oriented psychotherapy” (Robins, 1981). Epidemiological surveys and therapeutic studies have challenged these views. As Robins stated, “antisocial behavior often appears even before school entry,... [and] is often not transient.”Moreover, “it can coexist with neurotic symptoms,”and “it responds poorly to ‘insight’ therapy”(1981, p. 578).
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Loeber, R. (1987). What Policy Makers and Practitioners Can Learn from Family Studies of Juvenile Conduct Problems and Delinquency. In: Wilson, J.Q., Loury, G.C. (eds) Families, Schools, and Delinquency Prevention. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7029-5_4
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