B. Brenda Bonilla
The current reading and chapter two of the Victimology textbook are connected because they both express the importance of attachments to the family in an adolescent’s life and the link between victimization and offending.
Attachment to the family plays a pivotal role in an adolescent’s life. In the reading, Specifying the Influence of Family and Peers on Violent Victimization it states that strong bonds to family members should remove would-be victims from other offenders, and a strong attachment with parents will help keep children closer to home and away from ties with other adolescents who are delinquents (p.46). Chapter two is connected to the current reading because they also state that having strong attachments to
The current reading and chapter two of the Victimology textbook are connected because they both express the importance of attachments to the family in an adolescent’s life and the link between victimization and offending.
Attachment to the family plays a pivotal role in an adolescent’s life. In the reading, Specifying the Influence of Family and Peers on Violent Victimization it states that strong bonds to family members should remove would-be victims from other offenders, and a strong attachment with parents will help keep children closer to home and away from ties with other adolescents who are delinquents (p.46). Chapter two is connected to the current reading because they also state that having strong attachments to