CRIM 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Social Capital, Differential Association, Stepfamily
6 Dec 2016
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All humans following a pathway with risk factors. Lack of cognitive/language ability, self-regulation skills, poor interpersonal and social skills. Protective factors can shield children from risk factors. Basic resources to maintain average standard of living are lacking. Poverty/non-violent offending relationships not quite strong but existent. Accompanied with racism, discrimination, family disruption, unsafe living conditions, joblessness, isolation, no support. Much easier to use coercive methods than interpersonal skills/understanding. Great majority of poor children/adults are law-abiding citizens and children/adults from families of high economic status do engage in serious delinquency. More likely to be in custody for poor than middle/upper class where they have legal assistance. During adolescence, increase to peer influence and decrease to parental influence. 1st grade peer rejection lead to antisocial behavior in 4th grade. 50 percent chance of antisocial behavior later in adolescence. 9 percent for those who avoid early peer rejection. Cascade effect -conduct disorder lead to peer rejection.
