Juvenile Crime and Parenting Education
Juvenile Crime and Parenting Education
“Will Teaching Parents how to Parent decrease Juvenile Crime”
What is the Best Evidence Based Program that can be Implemented and Successful
In Reducing Juvenile Crime
By Vanessa Figueiras
Capella University
Dr. Linda Samuels
Table of Contents I. Abstract II. Problem Statement III. Introduction IV. Conclusion V. Annotated Bibliography A. Juvenile Crimes and statistics B. Support for parental education & importance of parents in reducing juvenile crime. C. Opposition to parental importance in reducing juvenile crime
D. Theories
VI. References
Abstract There are 70.5 million juveniles in the United States, of those 1.7 million juveniles committed crimes in 2010, Many theories and evidence based research exist that support and oppose the importance parents play in a juvenile’s life. There are many factors in determining behavior and its causation and no “one” solution will stop juvenile crime. One common theme is found in research studies on juvenile crime, and its prevention, and that is educating parents on parenting can reduce juvenile crime. What theories work and is their concrete evidence within research to support the parental interventions?
Problem Statement: Juvenile Crime and parenting education: Will teaching parents how to parent decrease juvenile crime? What parenting method works best in nurturing and providing the needs of the juvenile, and what evidence based theoretical program exists that can intervene?
Introduction In the United States there are 70.5 million juveniles under the age of 18, of those in the past year 1.7 million have been involved with the “Juvenile Justice System”. In the last one hundred years the juvenile system has used an offender based approach to dealing with juvenile crime. Today as our society has changed and the scientific understanding of behavior has improved there is a great need to find evidence based
“Will Teaching Parents how to Parent decrease Juvenile Crime”
What is the Best Evidence Based Program that can be Implemented and Successful
In Reducing Juvenile Crime
By Vanessa Figueiras
Capella University
Dr. Linda Samuels
Table of Contents I. Abstract II. Problem Statement III. Introduction IV. Conclusion V. Annotated Bibliography A. Juvenile Crimes and statistics B. Support for parental education & importance of parents in reducing juvenile crime. C. Opposition to parental importance in reducing juvenile crime
D. Theories
VI. References
Abstract There are 70.5 million juveniles in the United States, of those 1.7 million juveniles committed crimes in 2010, Many theories and evidence based research exist that support and oppose the importance parents play in a juvenile’s life. There are many factors in determining behavior and its causation and no “one” solution will stop juvenile crime. One common theme is found in research studies on juvenile crime, and its prevention, and that is educating parents on parenting can reduce juvenile crime. What theories work and is their concrete evidence within research to support the parental interventions?
Problem Statement: Juvenile Crime and parenting education: Will teaching parents how to parent decrease juvenile crime? What parenting method works best in nurturing and providing the needs of the juvenile, and what evidence based theoretical program exists that can intervene?
Introduction In the United States there are 70.5 million juveniles under the age of 18, of those in the past year 1.7 million have been involved with the “Juvenile Justice System”. In the last one hundred years the juvenile system has used an offender based approach to dealing with juvenile crime. Today as our society has changed and the scientific understanding of behavior has improved there is a great need to find evidence based
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