Education and Delinquicy

Travis Hirschi’s 1969 book, Causes of Delinquincy, he focuses on the family, the school, and peers as the most influencial factors on a youth. Hirschi also presented us with the term “social bond” that he labeled as things that keep people from committing criminal acts. There are four main attributes to the social bond; attachment, commitment, involvement, and beliefs. It is these four bonds that make up Hirschi’s Social Control Theory.

The first bond, attachment, refers to a person’s sensitivity to and interest in others (Hirshi 1969). One’s acceptance of social norms and the development of social conscious depend on attachment for other human beings. At

Though many kids strive to get a weekend without their parents, in the long run a child is better with supervision providing both attention and guidance. Arriving home from school with no one to meet them, eating dinner alone sometimes because mom had to work late. Only one parent primarily cares for the child, this parent must take on the responsibility of tasks previously divided between the parents. "Family resources and the amount of parental attention given to children is strongly influenced by the number of parents in a household," (Bryson 1997). Statistically, chances that a child will suffer with low self esteem, precocious sexual activity, greater delinquent like behavior and difficulty established gratifying lasting adult heterosexual relationships is significantly higher for kids involved in divorce (Bisnaire 1990). In addition, the increase of divorces in the past years has correlated to the increase of teen pregnancies, unmarried households and children being provided with therapy. With a lack of attention a child will act up (often by doing bad things) in order to get the parent to pay attention to them. In the 1997 annual report provided by the Census Bureau it states that "family resources and the amount of parental attention given to children is strongly influenced by the number of parents in a household." Lack of parental structure a greater chance for a child to make a decision for themselves which may not be in their best interest. They may choose to play video games over homework, or may feel that they need to be bad to get their parents attention.

Even in the case of having both parental figures often the youth struggles with the identification process of themselves, such the case in adoption. Adoption has been seen as the best solution to three problems: a biological mother who cannot, will not, or is discouraged from taking care of her infant; the child who is then relinquished; the infertile couple who want a child. The fantasy has been that the joining together of the latter two entities would produce a happy solution for everyone. The reality, however, has often been less than ideal. Despite the process of a continual relationship which adoption provides, many adopted children experience themselves as unwanted, are unable to trust the permanency of the adoptive relationship and often demonstrate emotional disturbances and behavioral problems.

Parental incompetence can also be apparent in a single parent household. Even though a child may be taught raised under a loving condition, the non-nuclear structure of a single parent home has a bearing on the child’s life. In some instances the child may not have a father figure leading to many of the same issues we labeled under the incarcerated parent. Often times the income level is not suitable for raising a family and places a burden on the child. These types of issues often result in revolting against society. Commiting crime as a way to seek attention or to be equal to the youths fellow peers. Single parenting also places a sort of “double duty” on the parent, taking the role of both parents. This situation leads to an unknowing of the childs behavioral patterns. The child ends up lost in society and characteristics of right and wrong are not seen by the parent.

The direct relationships a child has with concrete social elements, like his family and friends, are likely to give some intimation of his involvement in crime. Family structure have a crucial impact on socialization, developing self

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