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This research was supported by a dissertation fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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Vazsonyi, A.T. Family socialization and delinquency in the United States and Switzerland. Eur J Crim Policy Res 4, 81–100 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02731603

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