FAMILIES AND DELINQUENCY

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FAMILIES AND DELINQUENCY

• CHAPTERS FOUR-FIVE (Simons)

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The Corporal Punishment Connection

• 90 of American parents spank
• Legislation in European countries
• Argument against corporal punishment
• Problems
• How measured
• Effect of other dimensions of parenting
• The reciprocal relationship

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Can Corporal Punishment Be Positive?

• The lesson learned
• Factors to consider
• Severity of punishment
• Age of child
• Quality of parent-child relationship
• Cultural context

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Corporal Punishment in School

• In loco parentis
• Ingraham v. Wright

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Family Structure

• Single-parent households
• Quality of parenting
• Role overload
• Financial hardship
• Nonresidential fathers
• Access
• Authoritative parenting

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Family Structure

• Blended families
• Challenges
• Findings
• Extended families
• Types
• Findings