Juvenile Delinquency in Terms of Social Theory

Abstract: A 10 page paper discussing proposing a study focused on whether delinquency is more prevalent in single-parent families. There has been a sizeable increase in the number of single parent families over the years, perhaps with an associated increase in juvenile delinquency. That the two are connected would be a reasonable assumption on a superficial level, but may not stand the scrutiny of empirical study. The purpose here is to investigate whatever links exist between the two trends, from the perspective of a variety of social and psychological theories, including functionalist, conflict, family decline, ecological, containment and neutralization theories. Bibliography lists 17 sources.

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Catagory: Race, Politics & Society

Subcatagory: Sociology, Social Work, & Counseling

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