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The Family and Delinquency

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The Family and Delinquency

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    1. Chapter 10 The Family and Delinquency

    2. The Family …Is the most basic institution in society We think of the nuclear family as containing both biological parents and their offspring (this is actually only 7% of all U.S. households) What other family arrangements do we have other than the nuclear family?

    3. Functions of the Family Raise children responsibly Provide for economic and emotional support Good Parenting involves: Providing a positive role model Encouraging productive behavior Adequate supervision Appropriate discipline

    4. Child Neglect Neglect involves failing to provide for a child’s basic needs: food, shelter, health, emotional support, etc. Cases of neglect are Far more common than cases of abuse Common forms and outcomes of neglect include: Failure to thrive syndrome Emotional neglect Unsafe home enviroment (including drug and alcohol use) Abandonment

    5. Child Neglect Continued The difference between neglectful parents and non-neglectful parents can involve Inability to plan Lack of knowledge of parenting Lack of judgment Lack of motivation

    6. Child Abuse Child Sexual abuse is a continuing problem—the abuse tends to start early in a child’s life with younger children being more at risk for sexual abuse than older adolescents Warning signs of Child Abuse often involve the way the child’s injuries are explained: No Explanation Impossible Explanations Different versions of the incident Delay in seeking medical attention

    7. A Family in Conflict All children deal with divorce differently, but evidence suggests that divorce may be harder on boys than on girls. Why do you suppose? When there is a high degree of conflict within the family, Children generally have: More conflict with authority figures (school officials, police, etc.) Higher levels of impulsivity Again, these have to do with learning of behavior within the family

    8. Other ways in which the family can be a negative influence Parents who engage in criminal activities tend to raise children with less respect for the law and for authority figures The children of deviant parents are viewed more skeptically and with more concern. (if there parents are criminals, there children are probably troublemakers)—this labeling, as we know, can have a seriously negative effect on children

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