SOC 3710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Juvenile Delinquency, Parenting Styles, Diana Baumrind

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3710
• Professor: Bill O' Grady

Document Summary

Lecture 14: tuesday, march 6th family, school, peers, and youth crime. Influences on youth crime: family (causal factor in youth deviance), school (were seen as being a solution for delinquency. However began to change in the 1980s and is seen as a cause of delinquency), and peers youth. The family: a microscopic perspective focuses on individuals and behaviour in small social settings (the family unit. Parenting styles: baumrind (1991): two most important components of parenting, parental responsiveness, parental demandingness demanding appropriate behaviour from their children, these components contribute to different parenting styles, authoritative: disciple their children but discuss and explain their discipline. Tend to restrict autonomy and favour punitive disciplinary measures. See themselves as a resource instead of disciplinarians. Friends with their children first and police complain about this. Spend little time with kids and know little about their kid"s activities.