Establishing a Link Between Child Rearing and Criminal Behavior.
Throughout modern history criminologists and sociologist have been looking for a definitive link between delinquent criminal behavior in youth and child rearing practices. This study seeks to discover such a link. In a review of current literature on the primary cause-and-effect relationships between child rearing practices and criminal behavior, it is concluded that there is no single one cause of delinquent behavior in youth. Absent fathers, dominate mothers, generalized family relationships, peer pressures, gender, and learning disabilities all appear to contribute equally to delinquent behaviors in some youth. In some cases, however, these same factors have little or no impact upon the development of anti-social behavior in other young people. This paper draws possible conclusions about the development of criminal behavior.
