SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Domestic Violence, Child Labor Laws In The United States, Nuclear Family
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The family: basic structure that reproduces societal values, there have been continuous concerns over perceived dangers of weakening or changing family ties. In 2009, four out ten homicides in canada occurred within family or intimate relationships (p. 381: other violence. Types of family: within the west, the nuclear is often normalized. Perceived ills to the change in the family unit: there are numerous claims regarding the effects of the erosion of the nuclear family, many of which are highly unsubstantiated. Illegal drug use: rising rates of crime, poverty, welfare dependency, a common trope includes the perceived need for an irreplaceable father figure. Functionalism extended family: considers the nuclear family as the ideal and basic building block because it: It takes a village to raise a child . Erosion of the nuclear family: while the nuclear family was considered the norm, this may no longer be the case.
