The Association Between Parenting And Its Effect On Child Behavior

This research is important because understanding what makes a juvenile delinquent is necessary to know. Parents can be educated on what is affecting their teen to contribute to delinquent behavior. The family structure has been avoided by many citizens. Educating the public on the family structure can make a different in a teen’s life.

“The so-called traditional family, with a male breadwinner and a female who cares for the home, is a thing of the past” (Siegel, Welsh, & Senna, 2003, p. 194). This particular type of family structure can no longer be considered normal. Sex role changes have created a family in which the mother now plays a greater role in society and the economic process. The number of households that have children living with both parents has substantially declined. “Early social science researchers asserted that the “broken home” was the single most important factor in understanding delinquency” (Burfeind & Bartusch, 2011, p. 185). Less than half of the children born today will live continuously with their mother and father throughout their childhood. A disturbed home environment is believed to have a significant impact on delinquency. Family is the contributing unit towards children’s values and attitudes that mark the paths throughout their lives.

What is the relationship between family dynamics and juvenile delinquency? Can the family environment really affect the delinquency of a juvenile? A broken home is one of the first factors that will be looked at. Do single parents have more juveniles involved in delinquency than families with two parents? Do families with just a mother present have more delinquency than a family with just a father? The second factor that will be looked at is drugs and alcohol in the home. How does drugs and alcohol relate to violence in the home? When parents get in trouble for their drug and alcohol use and get locked up, how is the family affected by this? The third factor that will be looked at is bad parenting. Is bad parenting caused simply by being too strict or not strict enough? Or could it be that parents lack the proper supervision of their children and allow them to do things that they shouldn’t? All of these factors will be looked at and discussed within this paper.

In addition to the aforementioned casual explanation the link between parental imprisonment and children delinquency may be based on family risk factor that predated the father involvement in the criminal justice. Incarcerated fathers and incarcerated men more generally tend to be highly disadvantages before their time in prison or jail with low levels of education and high rates of drug use mental health problem and impulsitively. Whatever the role of parental imprisonment in children development and behavior delinquency is shaped not only by family circumstances and more over the interaction among the individuals in the

Since the late 1900’s incarceration rates have been rising constantly. Incarceration impacts other individuals that aren’t behind bars locked up in a cell. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1.5 million minors deal with parental incarceration every year (Harrison & Beck, 2006).This project will investigate/ observe the effects of parental incarceration on male juveniles. Young juveniles of prisoners appear to suffer from the difficult living environments due to lack of guardianship leading them to commit crimes and violent offenses. The main focus of this project is to validate and observe the behavior of juveniles whose parents are incarcerated. There would be two control groups to be evaluated; Juveniles that haven’t had their parents incarcerated, and those who have been incarcerated throughout their lifetimes. This study will use data from the analysis conducted from the office of state courts administrator juvenile office risk. These children would be observed to analyze if any anti-social behavior is depicted. It is reasonable to predict that juveniles, whose parents have been incarcerated throughout their lifetime, will demonstrate acts of violence and illegal behaviors towards society. Prisoners’ children are more accessible to violence since no parental supervision is acquired when the parents are locked up.

A child’s chanced of becoming delinquent are minimized when they receive positive regard from their parents, this includes attachment, care and respect. “It is when parents are indifferent, ignorant or spend less time with their children that the latter begin to associate themselves more to unruly elements and at times get themselves involved in crimes” (Nair, 2006). The absence of a father in a household or family structure has detrimental effects on the child and leads to delinquency. Children of alcoholics had a higher prevalence of becoming juvenile delinquents as well as having conduct disorder and issues with alcohol abuse

This paper examined the issues pertaining to how each influences the prevention or fostering of delinquent behaviors. Children have too much free time, and lack the skills in using that time positively, causing them to engage in negative behavior. This paper also examines the programs in which students are involved with in school, and whether or not they positively correlate with reduced delinquency. Lastly, this paper examines how the change in family itself has changed over time, from lack of father figures. Casual factors will include topics such as violence in media and racial tension, the appearance of new

Juvenile delinquencies are one of the most serious issues that our government is dealing with and trying to eliminate. These individuals are known to have an anti-social behavior. These actions include loitering, loafing, pick-pocketing, stealing and killing to care for their sibling and also sexual offenses. Parental negligence is one of the major causes of juvenile delinquencies. There are other factors that contribute to the negative behaviors of the adolescent and children (Siegel, 61). Family is one factor with the highest effects on the upbringing of an individual. Almost all research workers have accepted that families of delinquents have to deal

Delinquency data was drawn from government records and included rates, frequency and type of delinquency. Finally, social service data offered data on child maltreatment. The combination of these variables provides a holistic perspective of factors that do contribute to delinquency. For instance, the study looked at familial factors such as low educational attainment and parental supervision, which are independent predictors of delinquency (Zigler el al., 1992). On the other hand, the use of secondary data may have jeopardized the validity. What if a delinquent act was not captured, due to incorrect records, then the record would provide a false negative.

Just to sum it up, if the two biological parents are married, then the child is considered least likely to be involved with criminal activity. Additionally, if the biological parents that are just living together the adolescent will more likely to be involved in antisocial behavior such as verbal abuse, intimidation and hitting; or change, involving destructive actions against property, such as robbery, vandalism, and fire-setting (Antisocial Behavior, 2006). Also, findings reveal that adolescents who resides with one of the biological parents who lives with a significant other besides the other biological parent could possibly have a higher rate of antisocial behavior. While other research stated children living in a single-parent or a cohabiting family are prevalent to delinquency than those who live in traditional families. Cohabitation (shacking up) is linked to delinquency, but not the welfare of the child. In other words, single parent families and cohabitation can affect children and influence juvenile delinquency in our society. Further research must be conducted due to there is a just a slight difference between single parent and two parent families depending on the other contributing factors. As it stands both families dynamics can play into

The Self-control Theory of Delinquency has received extensive attention in the past decade, but most studies have not tested its arguments about the effects of parenting on self-control and delinquency. In this essay, the author will analyze the subject of self-control theory as it was tracked through Hong Kong families to see if it has any impact upon delinquency.

Juvenile delinquency is of great concern in the United States. In 2007 over 2 million arrests were juveniles. There are two types of juvenile delinquency. The first type of offense is a behavior that would be a criminal violation for an adult. The other offense is called a “status” offense. Status offenses are delinquent actions that do not apply to adults, like running away and truancy. This paper will discuss the impact of gender and family on delinquency and the treatment by gender in the juvenile justice system.

Girls who grew up in stepfamilies were involved in more delinquent behavior compared to girls who lived in in-tact homes. For boys, living in a single parent family greatly increases the chance of delinquent behavior while living in a stepfamily does not. The test also showed that a good relationship with the mom and dad helped lower delinquent activities in girls. For boys, having a good relationship with their dad and lower conflict in the family helped lower delinquent activity.

As per Families and Living Arrangements (2006), there were 12.9 million one-parent families in 2006, 10.4 million custodial mother families and 2.5 million custodial father families" (Bergman, 2006). Over the years, research has made many efforts in looking for what factors impact the juvenile delinquency. Most Studies demonstrate that single parent households is a key factor in such behaviors. Some have concluded that one out of each two kids living in the U.S will grow up in a single parent home before they turn the age of eighteen. In many cases adolescents are unaware of how to manage these feelings and tend to cope by taking part in criminal behaviors to release their frustration. As a result of being a single parent, there is usually a lack time to help these adolescents better manage the dissatisfaction of having only parent at the home. This also effects that child’s relationship with the parent, as well as, the parents

As per Families and Living Arrangements (2006), there were 12.9 million one-parent families in 2006, 10.4 million custodial mother families and 2.5 million custodial father families" (Bergman, 2006). Over the years, research has made many efforts in looking for what factors impact the juvenile delinquency. Most Studies demonstrate that single parent households is a key factor in such behaviors. Some have concluded that one out of each two kids living in the U.S will grow up in a single parent home before they turn the age of eighteen. In many cases adolescents are unaware of how to manage these feelings and tend to cope by taking part in criminal behaviors to release their frustration. As a result of being a single parent, there is usually a lack time to help these adolescents better manage the dissatisfaction of having only parent at the home. This also effects that child’s relationship with the parent, as well as, the parents relationship