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Abstract
Family plays a large role in juvenile delinquency. When there is a malfunction in the family unit, delinquency seems to be inevitable. This presentation discusses the family problems and solutions to juvenile delinquency.
Family Causes Delinquency
• Families disrupted by spousal conflict, breakup or broken homes
• Families involved in interpersonal conflict
• Negligent parents• Families with deviant parents
Breakup of Family & Relation to Delinquency
• Associated with conflict, hostility, and aggression
• Lack of supervision• Weakened attachment• Susceptibility to peer pressure
Family Conflict
• Emotional disturbance• Behavior problems• Feel aggression pays off• Repeat the cycle• Feelings of neglect• Children display high levels of hostile
detachment
Parental Deviance• Powerful influence on delinquent
behavior• Disrupts family role as an agent of social
control• Close relationships are not formed• Children learn what they live• Quality of family life is poor• These parents use harsh and inconsistent
discipline
Solutions• Community centers• Family counseling • Crack down on parents who commit
crime• Offer guidance at schools
Major Types of Protective Family Factors
• Supportive parent-child relationships• Positive discipline methods• Monitoring and supervision• Family advocacy for their children• Seeking information and support for the
benefit of their children.
Conclusion
• The probability of a youth developing developmental problems increases rapidly as the number of risks increase in comparison to the number of protective factors.
• The objective of family-focused prevention programs should be to not only decrease risk factors, but to also increase the ongoing family protective family protective mechanisms.
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