Sociology 2267A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Parenting Styles, Juvenile Delinquency, System On A Chip
15 May 2020
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Structure: examine family structures: family structure in terms of living arrangements (nuclear, single-headed, etc. ) Family structure: broken-homes hypothesis: the commonly held proposition that children from divorced/single-parent families are more likely to be delinquent, parents do not have support of another adult in home to assist child-rearing. Parenting: negative parent-child relations + parenting style = risk factor for del. The bad seed and invisible victims: most readily accepted cause of child delinquency is bad parenting, considerable pressure to increase parental responsibility in the legislation was. Tough love getting touch approach = authoritarian parenting style brought by lobby groups/provinces during the yoa reform process: some provinces allow victims to sue the parents of young offenders. School: school failure linked to delinquency (stats support this correlation, schools can also be a protective factor for at risk youth. Youth crime as an edu issue: subcultural theory and control theory both suggest that school is a determinant of del.
