Within today’s society the issues of juvenile delinquency and the effects of home environment continue to be a major concern amongst the influences on many levels of social and environmental aspects. Today the issue continues to rise, and children who are exposed to social disorganization within their home environment are more at risk of delinquent behavior. As studies continue to develop in attempting to understand juvenile delinquency and its effects, there have been many factors that essentially connect, to depict the relationship between home environment and juvenile delinquency. Through the use of supporting research and data I will further explore the factors within home environment and their effect on children and juvenile behavior.
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Examining these additional relations and factors within adolescence is important on several grounds. In order to fully comprehend and grasp juvenile delinquency it is important to continue our exploration on the effects of home environment and its many influences. As imperative as family roles are to juvenile delinquency, the negative cycle of parental behavior and violence can cause an inevitable progression into a child’s life. With numerous studies on the development of crime of adolescences, it proves that the exposure of violence within youths constitute major concerns. “Micro level theories are centered on assigning and explaining deviance through the social background of individuals, identifying the source of deviant acts in their proximate environment (Clinard and Meier, 2010; Siegel and Welsh, 2010). Juveniles who are exposed to violence have higher risks of adapting negative behaviors within the limitations of their homes. “In a nationally representative sample of 2,030 youth, ages 2 to 17, Finkelhor and colleagues found that more than half of respondents reported a history of physical assault; 1 in 8 endorsed some form of child maltreatment; 1 in 12 reported a sexual victimization; and more than 1 in 3 indicated they were a witness to violence or had experienced some other form of indirect victimization (Finkelhor, Ormrod, Turner, & Hamby, 2005). From a developmental viewpoint, family related factors serve as the most influential levels of not only child exposure but the outcome that these violence based experiences have on juveniles. “Within criminology, the study of the life course is concerned with three primary issues: (1) the development of offending and antisocial behavior; (2) risk and protective factors that emerge at different ages; and (3) the effects of life events on the course of development
Examining these additional relations and factors within adolescence is important on several grounds. In order to fully comprehend and grasp juvenile delinquency it is important to continue our exploration on the effects of home environment and its many influences. As imperative as family roles are to juvenile delinquency, the negative cycle of parental behavior and violence can cause an inevitable progression into a child’s life. With numerous studies on the development of crime of adolescences, it proves that the exposure of violence within youths constitute major concerns. “Micro level theories are centered on assigning and explaining deviance through the social background of individuals, identifying the source of deviant acts in their proximate environment (Clinard and Meier, 2010; Siegel and Welsh, 2010). Juveniles who are exposed to violence have higher risks of adapting negative behaviors within the limitations of their homes. “In a nationally representative sample of 2,030 youth, ages 2 to 17, Finkelhor and colleagues found that more than half of respondents reported a history of physical assault; 1 in 8 endorsed some form of child maltreatment; 1 in 12 reported a sexual victimization; and more than 1 in 3 indicated they were a witness to violence or had experienced some other form of indirect victimization (Finkelhor, Ormrod, Turner, & Hamby, 2005). From a developmental viewpoint, family related factors serve as the most influential levels of not only child exposure but the outcome that these violence based experiences have on juveniles. “Within criminology, the study of the life course is concerned with three primary issues: (1) the development of offending and antisocial behavior; (2) risk and protective factors that emerge at different ages; and (3) the effects of life events on the course of development