Likewise, there was no significant relationship between admission of being physically or verbally abused and the likelihood of committing violent offenses. This leads the authors to conclude that there is ôlittle empirical evidence for the oft repeated observation that æviolence begets violenceÆö (Lennings, et al. 2003, p. 421).
Despite the authorsÆ attempts to institute controls for reliability and validity, the study illustrates some inherent limitations. One of these limitations is the fact that the variables explained only a small measure of the variance. The authors relied on the widest possible range of variables, using correlational and frequency analysis to help highlight possible critical variables for future research. Nevertheless, by their own admission, such an approach ômeans that critical variables used have restricted rangesö (Lennings, et al. 2003, p. 420). The authors rely upon a number of previous studies to add authenticity to both their methodology and standardized measures us
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