CYC 702 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Rais, Juvenile Delinquency, Shool
17 Oct 2016
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Chapter 2 environmental/societal factors that contribute to risk. The most closely associated risk factor with family stress. Highly correlated with school failure, delinquency, and other problems. 44% of children living in the us live in low-income families and 22% live in poverty. Rural child poverty rates remain higher than those of most urban children. La(cid:272)k of pre(cid:374)atal (cid:272)are i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es the (cid:272)hild"s future health, (cid:449)ell-being, and learning ability. More likely to be born into families with limited economic and educational resources: a (cid:373)other"s (cid:373)arital status i(cid:373)pa(cid:272)ts the e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) se(cid:272)urit(cid:455) of her (cid:272)hildren. Homeless families: school-age children and independent homeless youth represent one third of the homeless population, lack of affordable housing s the most commonly cited cause of homelessness. For every 100 very low-income families seeking rental housing, there are only. 33: homelessness creates many barriers to (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)"s (cid:449)ell (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d s(cid:272)hool su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess, families living in emergency shelters often have to separate during the daytime hours to obtain shelter.
