Behavior Modeling

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This paper explains that a history of aggression, hyperactivity, attention deficit and risk taking behaviors as a child is common among adults who commit acts of violence. The author points out that if the parent has a history of crime, abuse and neglect, plus poor parenting techniques, such as failing to set clear expectations for behavior, the likelihood that a child will be involved in criminal activity increases. The paper states that criminal justice officers can implement prevention programs such as providing young parents help with dealing with stress, intervention programs, community involvement through public health agencies, police athletic leagues, which will help reduce gangs, drugs and guns, and more home visitations for children thought to be at risk.

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"School failure plays an important part and is consistent with attention deficit. It leads to low literacy and repeated behavior problems in school. In one study, 20% of the 11 year-old boys whose teachers rated them low academic achievers were convicted of violent crimes as adults, compared to less than 10% of other students that were tracked in this study. Dropping out of school, truancy and a low commitment to learning contributed as well to teenage violence and arrests for violent crimes. Adolescence is a period of great change, biologically, emotionally and socially at both home and school. Failure to cope with the stresses of early adolescence has serious short-term consequences. Some of these short-term consequences could be alienation, drug abuse, and teenage pregnancy, which seem to escalate during this period."

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