CRJU 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hallucinogen, Methamphetamine, Harm Reduction
5 Apr 2016
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Strain: family structure changes may represent a stressful event. Social control: family structure is important because it represents a difference or chance in formal and informal controls in the family. In some situations, parents are less effective at parenting. Feminist criminological theories: focus on lack of resources that accompany certain family structures. The decrease in financial resources following a divorce (cid:1) Intact biological families vs. non-intact: mixed results. Two-parent families vs. one-parent families: mixed results, more strongly correlated with official delinquency than self- report delinquency. More correlated with kids getting arrested and ending up in the juvenile justice system. They are more likely to get caught: stronger predictor of male delinquency than female. Intact biological vs. single parent families vs. stepfamilies: mixed results, very little effect on self-reported delinquency. Conclusion: not finding strong evidence that family structure causes delinquency. More complicated issues within the family (cid:1)
