Familial and Extra familial Influences Flashcards
Familial influences examples
- Parental Criminality
- Child Abuse
- Parental Absence
- (A) Maternal Deprivation
- (B) Parental Death
- (C)Divorce/Separation
- Family Management
- Marital conflict
- Neglect
- Size and significance of family
What is the most important variable for Familial influences?
Parental Supervision
Parents need ___ when punishment is in place
Consistency
Influences explained by?
Raine 1993
Dysfunction in an environment is best explained by?
The CYCLE OF SOCIAL DYSFUNCTION
What does the cycle of social dysfunction include?
- Dysfunctional Environment (fam and social)
- Social Handicap
- Passed on to children
According to Raine (1993) ___ peer groups contribute and reinforces ___ behaviour
Delinquent
What factors based in school contribute to later violence and crime?
Conjunction with lower IQ, learning disabilities lead to academic failure and bad schools
You are more likely to be a criminal if your family is ___
Larger
RICO stands for?
Relative improvement over chance
What suggests the larger the family size, increases the probability that one of the children will be delinquent and another sibling with “catch” delinquency
Contagion Hypothesis
The grouping of people into categories on the basis of occupation
Social Class
Interplay between genetic and environmental influences social class and crime what are genetic factors?
- Ideals
- goals
- self-concept
- vocational interests
Extra familial influences include
- cycle of social dysfunction
- social handicaps
- peers
- schools
- Learning disabilities
- Family size
- RICO
- Social Class
- Income
- Urban/poor housing
Explain the cycle of social dysfunction
Those who have bad parents as children will become bad parents creating a dysfunctional cycle
- children who have criminal parents will themselves become criminals
- social deprivation may in part be a result of the consequences of a criminal career rather than representing an intrinsic consequence of being criminal
