Family and Delinquency
Family is the core social institution for childhood development. Surprisingly, families have been identified as the risk place where minors are at the risk of committing offences. It is undoubtable that families can be the greatest influence on future criminal cases if the type of people being raised in such situations is not well-shaped. According to research, there are several family dysfunction categories that can promote delinquent behavior. Notably, each categorization system can vary from one judiciary system to another. They include family breakup, family deviance, family effectiveness, and family conflict.
Family breakup is one of the leading family dysfunction forms that propel juvenile delinquency. For example, when a spouse breaks up in their marriage ties, their children are negatively impacted. It has been observed that children who stay with single parents are likely to get involved in offences compared to those who have both parents. Family conflict is nowadays common, leading to poor marital function in raising children. Children who live under a conflict-ill roof are more likely to develop delinquent than those who live in a unified family. Additionally, family effectiveness can influence juvenile delinquency. For example, unstable families (for example, poverty) have high chances of negatively impacting children who turn to be victims of offenses. Family deviance is a matter of concern since families that have a serial record of offences have a high chance of influencing their children to delinquent.
Family attachment is an effective family model in this context. According to the psychologists, family attachment is a conditional engagement of children to adults. Children develop behavior that reflects what they learn from adults, especially the parent(s) or guardian(s). Henceforth, juvenile delinquency can be handle effectively by setting a good example in the family. The government should empower families and help them raise children in a desirable shape.