One U.S. study found that parents with documented substance abuse, most commonly alcohol, cocaine, and heroin, were much more likely to mistreat their children, and were also much more likely to reject court-ordered services and treatments (Besharov, 1990). Children with a history of neglect or physical abuse are at risk of developing psychiatric problems, or a disorganized attachment style. Disorganized attachment is associated with a number of developmental problems, including dissociative symptoms, as well as anxiety, depressive, and acting out
The Effects of Single Motherhood on Teenage Delinquency By Brandy Lopez Juvenile Justice Abstract This research paper will attempt to explain the effects of single motherhood on juvenile delinquency. The findings suggest that children raised by single parent rather than two parent households are at greater risk for delinquency. Children raised by single parent households face many disadvantages. Girls are at greater risk for having sex as young teens and more likely to have abortions and more children. Boys are at a greater risk for committing suicide and also for committing more crimes.
This could have caused embitterment by the experience of confinement. > Juveniles would have better chances of rehabilitations if they were diverted enough into institutions with common aged inmates. What would happen if there were no distinction between prisons for juveniles and adults? Truthfully it pains me to think about the distinction. Some juvenile inmates come from broken homes, divorced families, deadbeat parents and are just trying to survive.
It is said that individuals who have these traits may have parents with the same traits. But not all individuals who turn to crime are from broken home homes, some are from homes with supportive parents. Parenting affects a child’s temperament and is inter-related in important ways to include harsh physical discipline, parental supervision, and antisocial attitudes. Parenting plays an important role in the development of antisocial behavior. At an early age boys tend to be more aggressive than girls, due to the ability to socialize being easier for girls than for boys thereby, creating gender difference in antisocial behavior.
More significant is that cases of cases of youthful offenders are on the rise on among the young female compared to their male counterparts and this situation is raising an alarm (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999). Children who are at the risk of offending in the future are treated separately from the adults. This is given special attention reason being that they require rehabilitation to get back from the bad behavior unlike adults who require punishment. Intervention facilitates in changing the antisocial characteristics which, if not
Broken homes contributed to delinquent behavior and the child is more susceptible to antisocial behavior. Blended families are considered to influence delinquent behavior also because the home is not as stable as a home with both biological parents in this situation a many children will be subjected to family breakup at least 2 or 3 times. Many studies have proven that a child that experiences family breakups develop more behavior problems than children with stable families
The root of high crimes in America can be due to a variety of things. Many factors play a huge role on this. One of the causes that add to the crimes is probably broken families. When broken families exist children tend to look for support elsewhere and the places they find are not the best ones for example, gangs. A single mother can try her hardest to keep a child away from making bad decisions, but if the mother doesn’t have any type of family support, chances are the child will guide himself to other unsafe, and unhealthy resources.
The decision to transfer these youths can bring adverse consequences to the youths. Prosecution of these youths in open criminal courts exposes them to criminals known to have committed serious offenses than them. Eventually, they may resort into learning how to commit similar crimes. Additionally, erosion of their civil rights is a problem allied to such a transfer. In various scenarios, such a transfer fails to curb the increasing rate of recidivism, therefore, the deterioration of the security of community’s security.
If they observed domestic violence with their parents they may feel that it is normal or okay. All these factors make the statistics show a false picture, as in most cases they are an underestimate of the actual amount of domestic violence. However it is clear the pattern of domestic violence is towards women as the victims and men as the offenders. There could be several reasons for domestic violence, Firstly, Social stress could cause domestic violence. Stress maybe increased when a person is living in a family situation with increased pressures.
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.