Juvenile Delinquency

Mom and Dad raise family but mother is primary nurture and dad is separated in order to provide and be the disciplinarian

This is the new model caused damage in families because relationship of father

FOUR Main ones

Effect of Broken Family

Effect of Interpersonal conflict within family

• Quality of family relationship
• Effect of abuse and neglect

Research shows a clear correlation of broken homes (divorce) and criminality

Resource attenuation

two providers vs. 1…less attention supervision, economic limitation, and child can become neglected because one person is being stretched to do a two-person job.

Children idealize their parents and blame themselves for the separation

1957 self report study: the more family conflict reported the higher rate of criminality in the family

Children who watch abuse or are abused themselves have an equal chance of becoming a delinquent

Children learn to model behavior so if they see parents fighting it could teach them to become criminals (positive/negative reinforcement)

Conflict is worse

Kempe Henry: the father of child abuse research

Defined it as non-accidental physical injury (Battered child syndrome)

Eventually emotional mental ect forms of abuse were added

Any physical or emotional trauma for which no reasonable explanation can be found such as discipline. Different forms such as physical and sexual

FOUR effects

Stigmatignation

Powerlessness:

Betrayal

Traumatic sexualization


Authorities do not usually know because these crimes happen in private

damaged sexual identity and expression (become gay, victimized or become abusers in the future)

inability to trust and form close relationships

feelings of weakness

feeling of being disgusting and filthy

• Criminal Law system
• Dependence system

When you have a criminal portion you will also have a dependence portion

Purpose is to punish them and detour others from doing the same thing

Incest: Having intercourse with a family member that is whole or half blooded

Rape: Without consent (vaginal intercourse @ Pitt)

Assault: parent physically harms child

Sole purpose is to take care protect and help the child being abused

Child without a proper parental cares or control, subsistence education and required by law. (How Dependence system defines a child…allows court to get involved and remove child.

Can be sent home but order therapy supervision counseling

Temporary removed (foster care) till parent gets it together

Permanent removal of child: situation cant be fixed so take child away

Hotlines have been established which link to social services

• Mandatory reporting laws:
• Anybody that works with kids and suspect anything they must report or be penalized

Hotline

Go to investigate

File dependency in court

Court trial

An adult attorney that represents child in court

Big Problem

Solved with the use of “hear say” testimony

An out of court statement that is introduced to prove the truth of the matter certain