SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Restorative Justice, Victims Family, Young Offenders Act

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Michelle Dumas

Document Summary

Birth order: oldest children tend to be most delinquent. Family size: small the family, less likely the delinquency. Divorce factors: used to be a factor prior to 1975, Parental responsiveness: extent that parents are supportive of their child"s needs, parental warmth and supportiveness, foster self-regulation and assertion ans support for a child"s needs based on what is appropriate for age level, more support=less delinquency. Parental demandingness: extent to which parents demand appropriate behaviour for child"s age, expect more with age, if a parent expects too much is can lead to delinquency. Authoritative: supporting and demanding, monitor and impact clear standards, appropriate conduct and behaviour, not restricvtive or intrusive. Discipline: supportive rather than punitive, understand what is/is not appropriate behaviour. Authoritarian: rejecting and demanding, obedience is expected, well structured environment, clearly stated rules, more likely to produce aggressive children, mimic use of aggression outside the home.