SOC 337 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Juvenile Delinquency, Mother 3, Child Discipline

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 337
• Professor: joeclavert

Document Summary

What comes to mind when you hear the term family : relatives, traditional 2 parents- 2 kids. Has this changed over time: yes- different family structures are appearing. What family characteristics might in uence delinquency: socio-economic status of parents-blocked goals, lack of capable guardian. Discussion of family and delinquency focuses on the impact of: divorce, family structure, and family interactions. Three primary trends impact families: marriage, divorce, and the unmarried birth rate. Why: they shape family structure, they may correlate with various life challenges, they may be considered delinquency themselves, to understand the impact of family characteristics, we need to know how trends have changed over time. Trends in family- marriage, divorce, and unmarried birth rates. Marriage rate is declining in america: 1960: 72% to 2010: 51% Age at rst marriage was at record high in 2010. Monday, february 20, 2017: women: 26. 5 years (median, men: slightly over 28. 7 years (median)