Juvenile Delinquency and the Impact of Family Structure

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For this final written assignment, I decided to select a topic based on connectivity, intellectual stimulation, and what I felt related to all of the core perspectives that have been continuously discussed throughout the entirety of this course. These core perspectives that have been frequently analyzed during this semester all emphasize on a different type of theme seen within various aspects of society; the three perspectives that I will openly explore throughout this final written assignment are the psychological, biological, and sociological perspectives. The topic that I chose to investigate relates to the genre of criminal violence and delinquency, but the main emphasis of my assignment will be on juvenile delinquency and how it is strongly impacted by family structure. The way in which this paper will be constructed and formulated is as follows: I will commence this assignment by providing a summarization on the topic of juvenile delinquency, while incorporating knowledge that I have attained from various scholarly sources that are based on the topic of delinquency and the impact of family structure. I will give some synopses on the pedagogic research that has been done on this topic, but also strongly emphasize on each of the three perspectives. I will provide examples, evidence, and information on how this topic has been involved or has played an integral part within the psychological, biological, and sociological realms. After dedicating a fair amount of content on the scholastic research and the encapsulation of the topic, I will then move forward by conveying my opinion and offer some critiques on the research I examined on juvenile delinquency and the impact of family structure. In addition, I will then express any final thoughts I had on this topic, and evaluate how much research on delinquency and family structure was available within each of the
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