Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 386 g
Linking Society's Most Basic Institution to Antisocial Behavior
Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 386 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-533042-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press
This book explores the link between family life and antisocial behavior. In recent years, researchers from a variety of disciplines have investigated the relationship between society's most fundamental social institution--the family--and various forms of criminal behavior. Simons et al. fill a fundamental void in the literature by demonstrating how these seemingly disparate lines of research can be woven together using classic and contemporary theories of delinquency and crime. The book is designed to serve as a supplement for courses on juvenile delinquency, criminology, deviance, and child development.
Families, Delinquency, and Crime evaluates and explores popular explanations using the results of studies by sociologists, criminologists, and psychologists. Each chapter succinctly defines terminology, establishes a review of empirical literature, and provides an effective argument that families are a dynamic aspect of our social lives that are intricately related to delinquency and other problem behaviors. Clear examples of each situation are provided.
Part I explains child and adolescent antisocial behavior. The chapters review theory and research regarding the effect of family structure, marital conflict, parental antisocial behavior, and parents' childrearing practices on a child's risk for conduct problems and delinquency. Part II focuses on adult antisocial behavior and shows how the various family socialization processes and childhood behavior problems discussed in Part I influence the probability of later adult crime. Explanations are provided for both the continuity and discontinuity of antisocial behavior across the life course. Consideration is given to the manner in which romantic partners often modify deviant life course trajectories. The book also explores the link between family experiences during childhood and adult risk for either perpetrating or becoming the victim of marital violence.
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- Foreword (by Ronald L. Akers)
- Part I: Family Processes and the Deviant Behavior of Children and Adolescents
- 1. Defining Our Terms and Focus
- Deviance and Social Norms
- Cultural Relativity and Antisocial Behavior
- What Are Families?
- The Focus of Subsequent Chapters
- 2. Linking Parenting and Delinquency: Theories of Social and Self-Control
- Criminal Careers Start Early
- Early Evidence Linking Parenting and Delinquency
- Social Control Theory
- The Elements of Effective Parenting
- Self-Control Theory
- 3. Family Interaction and Peer Influences: Social Learning Explanations
- Respondent Learning
- Operant or Instrumental Learning
- Mutual Training
- Modeling as Vicarious Learning
- Ron Akers' View of Social Learning and Crime
- Patterson's Coercion Model
- 4. The Corporal Punishment Controversy
- Methodological Problems
- Theoretical Considerations
- Severity of Punishment
- Age of Child
- Quality of the Parent-Child Relationship
- Cultural and Community Context
- Conclusion
- 5. Family Structure and Delinquency
- Changing Family Forms
- Single-Parent Households
- Quality of Parenting in Single-Parent Households
- The Stress of Being a Single Parent
- Nonresidential Fathers
- Blended or Stepfamilies
- Multigenerational and Extended-Kin Households
- Conclusion
- 6. The Effects of Parental Work and Neighborhood Conditions on Family Processes
- Economic Hardship and Parenting
- Linking Parental Employment to Family Processes
- Community Differences in the Consequences of Parental Control
- Collective Socialization: Adults Influencing Other People's Children
- The Consequences of Labeling: The Juvenile Justice System and Family Processes
- Part II: Adult Deviance as an Expression of Childhood Socialization
- 7. Linking Childhood Delinquency and Adult Crime: Life Course Perspectives on Antisocial Behavior
- Self-Control Theory: A Latent Trait Approach
- The Life Course Perspective: Explaining Both Continuity and Change
- Evaluating the Evidence
- Summary and Conclusion
- 8. Marital Violence: Antisocial Behavior
- Learned in Childhood?
- The Incidence of Marital Violence
- Explaining Marital Violence
- Patriarchy and Male Dominance
- Childhood Exposure to Family Violence
- The Criminological Perspective
- Explaining Women's Double Jeopardy
- Summary and Conclusions
- 9. Child Maltreatment: Inept Parenting or Expression of a General Antisocial Orientation?
- How Common Is Child Maltreatment?
- Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment
- Sexual Abuse of Children
- Summary and Conclusions
- 10. Conclusions and Observations
- References
- Name Index
