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Parental Influence on Juvenile Delinquency

Corbett, Jaynee LeAnn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1558524002978951

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2019, Master of Science in Criminal Justice, Youngstown State University, Department of Criminal Justice and Consumer Sciences.
The purpose of this thesis is to provide current research regarding juvenile delinquency and poor parenting, and the demographic factors that contribute to such parenting. There are four hypotheses explored in this thesis: Hypothesis One: Juveniles that do not receive quality parental supervision are more likely to become delinquent. Hypothesis Two: Low income families have an increased risk of juvenile delinquency. Hypothesis Three: The size of the correlation between juvenile delinquency and parenting will not depend on the measure of parenting used (quality or supervision). Hypothesis Four: Race will have an effect on whether a juvenile becoming delinquent. The theoretical framework selected for this study revolved around Travis Hirschi’s 1969 Social Bond Theory particularly for its component of the parent child relationship. The methodology behind this study was a fifty article systematic review inclusive of juvenile delinquency as the dependent variable and parenting as the independent variable, as well as other demographic factors such as race and socioeconomic status to see how those variables are related to juvenile delinquency. The results of this study showed a small connection poor parenting and juvenile delinquency. This thesis also revealed a strong positive relationship between low income families and juvenile delinquency. This thesis did not show a relationship between race and juvenile delinquency.
Christopher Bellas, PhD (Committee Chair)
Monica Merrill, PhD (Committee Member)
John Hazy, PhD (Committee Member)
64 p.
Criminology
Juvenile Delinquency; Criminal Justice; Parenting; Socioeconomic Status; Low Income Families; Juvenile Crime; Social Bond Theory

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  • Corbett, J. L. (2019). Parental Influence on Juvenile Delinquency [Master's thesis, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1558524002978951

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Corbett, Jaynee. Parental Influence on Juvenile Delinquency. 2019. Youngstown State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1558524002978951.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Corbett, Jaynee. "Parental Influence on Juvenile Delinquency." Master's thesis, Youngstown State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1558524002978951

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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