Case Study: Delinquent Juvenile

Paper Summary:

This paper commences an analysis of a prostitute, Nita, by looking at the parenting skills of her mother whom the author mostly blames for Nita's failure to find self-fulfillment in positive activities. The author points out the extreme difference in the way Nita turned out as compared to her best friend Kelly, who shared almost every sociological situation with her. The paper concludes that Kelly's mother made her daughter apply herself to her schooling goals; whereas, Nita's mother never directed Nita so that she consistently would experienced a course of action leading to the achievement of a goal.

Table of Contents:
Introduction of Person
Consequences of Behavior
Opinion on Factors Which Have Contributed to Behavior
Interventions Tried
Summary of Some of the Factors about the Person
Comparison of Person with Antisocial Behavior with "Normal" Person
Comments on Comparison of Person Profiled and People with Antisocial Behavior

From the Paper:

"In comparison, Kelly's mother (also a single mom) was concerned when Kelly and Nita were caught shoplifting and when Nita got pregnant. But she found a way to discipline and keep tabs on Kelly enough so that Kelly was made to apply herself to her schooling goals again. Kelly had to attend dance and music classes when she was young, even when she didn't want to go and Kelly's mother had been consistent in her disciplining of Kelly throughout her young life. Kelly's mother also listened without being judgmental to anything that Kelly told her and allowed Kelly to make her own decisions about most activities."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Newcomb, M. D., & Loeb, T. B. (1999). Poor parenting as an adult problem behavior: General deviance, deviant attitudes, inadequate family support/bonding, or just bad parents? Journal of Family Psychology, 13, 175-193.
• Pratt, T.C., McGloin, J.M. & Fearn, N.E. (2006). Maternal cigarette smoking and criminal/deviant behavior. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. Vol. 50(6). 672-690.
• Simon, R., Simon, L. G. & Wallace, L. E. (2004). Families, Delinquency and Crime: Linking Society's most Basic Institution to Antisocial Behavior. Roxbury Publishing.

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