CC210 Lecture Notes - Parenting, Parenting Styles, Social Rejection
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Origins of criminal/anti social behaviour: early risk factors. Individual attributes and experiences that increase the probability that an idividual will engage in persistent criminal behaviour. Does not change, e. g history of violent crime, history of trauma. Types of developemental risk factors: social risk eg poverty, peers, school, parental/familial risk factors e. g faulty parenting, child abuse, psychological factors e. g inadequate temperament, poor self regulation. Not all crime has it"s origins in childhood. If they go into adulthood there are other reasons that may spur them to commit crime. Even if they have all the early risk factors in childhood they won"t absolutely commit crime. Refers to not having enoug resources to maintain an average standard of living within a geographic region. Non violent offending (not as strong as persistent violent offending) Delinquency (criminal and anti social behaviour in adolescent and teen years) Why is poverty related to violent crime? (picture on slide show) Poverty in a nebulus risk factor, it"s fuzzy.
