Many studies have shown that families that are involved in crime tend to set their children on a law breaking path. (Henslin, 2103, p.158) Some people may not know what the term differential association means, but most are familiar with how it works. For instance parents do not want to live in a bad neighborhood filled with delinquents because if their child is around that influence, they are likely to turn out the same way. In some areas deviation is very woven into the subculture, such as inner cities. If a wrong glance is given to the wrong person, it could cost someone their life.
Better and healthier ways of remanding a child is talk to them, and if that doesn’t work you can resort to punishing them. Parent’s see spanking as a way of dealing with their children’s bad behavior, but what they don’t see is that their teaching kids that violence will resolve their problems. Spanking may also cause children emotionally stress. It makes children feel they are not loved and there is something wrong with them. Spanking, frankly doesn’t resolve the problem of kids lashing out.
Juveniles will rebel against neglectful or hurtful parents, or commit wrongful acts to earn attention from parents, who otherwise offer a complete lack of parental supervision. The normalization of criminal practices. Children that witness criminal behaviors on a regular basis are likely to incorporate those behaviors as normal. For example, adolescents that experience sexual abuse or criminal activity at a young age are more likely to repeat those behaviors later in life. The desire for attention.
A large variable is the presence of parental figures in the family. If parents are into criminal activity and do not pay much attention to teaching their children right from wrong there is a huge chance that these children will fall along the same path of their parents. It is very important that agencies find out about children in these types of situations and relocate them so that they have a better chance of becoming productive players in society. Another contributing factor is child abuse. When a child is being abused, he/she will more likely act out in illegal ways before telling someone.
If this structure is damaged, the child’s perception of what is appropriate in terms of morals and socializing skills will become damaged as well. Parent psychopathology plays a key role in this because if the child’s parents are mentally ill, it is likely that their values will be skewed, therefore distorting the child’s morals. Substance abuse of the parents will also increase the child’s chances of being in a gang because most likely the parents will not be able to properly support the child, emotionally and financially, and the child becomes forced learn how to take care of his/herself. Marital distress will also precipitate the child’s need to be in a gang because the child needs to feel a sense of belonging, something many troubled children believe a gang will provide. If the family is impoverished, this only adds to the likelihood of the child joining a gang.
When deciding to use tracking technology on your kids, it is best to consider the pros and cons of tracking them. First, controlling your children can cause to them many psychological and mental disorders. Parents, who control their children and do not allow them to make their own choices, can lead to children’s rebellious behavior. In particular, this is true for teenagers who should make some mistakes, take a risk and make their own decisions in order to develop, grow up and learn. If they are micro-managed, it can cause their anti-social personality development, parent-child relational problem disorders, depression and paranoid personality.
Is there a link between criminal behavior and how the children were raised? To most people the answer will be “Yes” but this question is still up for debate between Caregivers and law makers. In general, children mirror what they see in life. Children who come from abusive homes, lower socioeconomic backgrounds, access to guns and other weapons are more likely to commit a violent crime. Many will argue it’s a “Learned behavior”.
Teenagers also have difficulty in reacting to new partners. While they may like the new partner, teenagers may worry that they are betraying the other parent. Divorce at this time may exacerbate the potential for dangerous behavior such as promiscuity, drug/alcohol abuse, violence, and delinquency. Some other problems of divorced parents and custody are: even if joint custody is a possibility, it still makes life more difficult than need be. One parent is usually burdened with the transportation obligations.
Kids need boundaries and parents need to follow through on their punishments. I am sure some might think that the aforementioned seems strange coming from a kid, but I know it could work if it was offered. I have a friend right now who continues to get in trouble and her parents keep arguing with her instead of trying to figure out why she is acting this way. I know that her behavior has changed because of a recent incident that she has not shared with them. I have tried to encourage her to talk to them, but she just feels that they will not support her.
When the most important source; family betrayed them and cannot be trusted anymore, the child often feels that it is not possible to trust anyone in this world. They will end up being cautious with everyone they know in order to protect themselves from being abused again. The abused victim not always comfortable with people being close to them because of the bad experience they had been through had taught them that the loved ones cannot be trusted. Some of the victims may have the doubt and insecurity which makes them being a suspicious person over everything that they witnessed. Having a trust