Sociology 2267A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hernstein, Absenteeism

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Especially for single mothers: family structure and delinquency, boys vs. girls, research shows that what is more important than family structure is the parent child relationship, parenting skills, and conflict within the home, role modeling, most single parents are female, boys need to have a positive male role models. What does the data show: authoritative parents have the least amount of criminality among their kids, nlscy survey: parenting styles have a greater impact on youth criminality than broken homes or poverty, step blended, depends when the parent comes in, most important predictor, is the gender of the kid. Theorizing about family: differential association, children of criminal parents more likely to become criminal, some studies support this claim, sutherland, control theory, children who lack parental attachment will have higher rates of delinquency and criminality, some studies support this claim, herschi, overall, the relationship is a complex one, how would the different theories discussed, link delinquency and family.

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