Family Delinquency and Crime

Paper Summary:

The paper explores how a cycle of violence can exist within families that transfers violence from generation to generation in the form of abuse, whether physical or verbal. The paper examines Patterson's coercion model that explains how parents may reinforce the pattern of abuse while a victim of the abuse also becomes a perpetrator of abuse. The paper reviews Albert Bandura's vicarious learning theory and discusses different parenting styles and the effects of those styles upon the behavior of children. The paper therefore shows how a 'life-course trajectory of crime' may result when a child is reared in a hostile or abusive environment.

Outline:
Objective
Cycle of Violence
'Patterson's Coercion' Model
Social Learning Theory
Vicarious Learning and Inception and Evolution of Delinquency and Crime (Bandura)
Authoritarian Parenting Style Vs Permissive Parenting Style
Life Course Trajectory of Crime and Violence
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Research supports the belief that mistreatment of children can be understood as a 'cycle-of-violence' that is a process of intergenerational transmission.. The American Academy of Family Physicians: Policy and Advocacy in its' 'Violence' Position Paper states that family violence "permeates our society" affecting people on the individual level as well as having an impact upon the family physicians, parents, spouses, educators and citizens within society." (2007) This work states as well the fact that in traditional view violence among family members has been considered 'private' and not something discussed with those outside of the family however over the past two decades the justice system has attempted to address the problem through many venues of seeking resolution to the large societal problem."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Simons, Johnson, Beaman, and Conger (1993) Explaining Women's Double Jeopardy: Factors that Mediate the Association between Harsh Treatment as a Child and Violence by a Husband. Journal of Marriage and the Family Vol. 55, No. 3 (Aug., 1993), pp. 713-723.
• Violence (2007) Position Paper. American Academy of Family Physicians: Policy and Advocacy. 2007 Online available at: http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/policy/policies/v/violencepositionpaper.html
• Straus, M.A. (1994) Beating the Devil Out of Them: Corporal Punishment in American Families. New York: Lexington Books. Cited in the work of Bloom, S.L and Reichart, M. (1994) Bearing Witness: Trauma and Collective Responsibility. Philadelphia Chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility. (1995)
• Bloom, S.L and Reichart, M. (1994) Bearing Witness: Trauma and Collective Responsibility. Philadelphia Chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility. (1995)
• Evaluating the National Outcomes: Program Outcomes for Children. NCEO 2007. Online available at: http://ag.arizona.edu/fcs/cyfernet/nowg/contrib.html

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