[gcruse]

Of course, the connection to crime is that
children in traditional families are unlikely to
become criminals,

Oh, my.  Unlikely?  I'm not even
sure I'd buy less likely without seeing
the data.

[Steve Eisenberg]

Of course, the connection to crime is that children in traditional families are unlikely to become criminals,

Oh, my. Unlikely? I'm not even sure I'd buy less likely without seeing the data.

Given that sociology is the most liberal discipline (except maybe linguistics) in today's liberal universities, you wouldn't find a whole lot of recent research on this unchanging truth in, say, the current issue of the American Sociological Review. However, a look, at a college library, into sociology of the family textbooks from the 1950's, checking out family disorganization in the indexes, should lead to mounds of vitually undisputed nitty gritty statistical evidence.

Here's a good recent article:

Fatherlessness & Crime

Another good link:

The Positive Effects of Marriage