Psychology

The role of family discord with regard to child outcomes is quite important. According to Rhee and Weldman, 2002, for children and adolescents the environment is the most significant factor influencing their behavior. Gottfredson and Hirschi (1990) noted that adolescents who become offenders appear to have little control over their desires, and that this lack is largely rooted in family child rearing practices. A static shows that children are at a fifty percent  greater risk of engaging in criminal acts if neglected or abused(Holmes et al,2001).
 
Families with poor communication and weak family bonds have been shown to have a correlation with childrens development of aggressivecriminal behavior (Garnefski and Okma ,1996).Loukas, Fitzgerald, Zucker and Von Eye(1999) reported anti social behaviors during preschool years in children of alcoholics were linked to later problem behaviors, supporting the continuity of anti social behavior across childhood. These researches show the influence of parent-child relationship on the criminal behavior among adolescents.
   
A common theme during childhood is that the way in which parents are able to sensitively regulate their parenting behavior based on the development needs of their children. Good parenting is the process of  promoting and supporting the child emotionally, physically, socially and intellectually. In many cases, orphaned children receive parental care from foster parents or orphanage.
 
The single family parents have escalated to 15 million in the United States most of the single family parents face an array of risks such as-from mild cognitive delays in preschooler to withdrawal and depression in older kids. In addition, a higher percentage of single mothers than single fathers are below poverty line. In such cases, economic disadvantage linked with
residential instability, which further contributes to childrens behavioral difficulties.
   
Parents are the first line of control for when children misbehave. The immediate behavior of child might be influenced by how parents discipline children. Spanking seems counterproductive for children preparing to enter school. The similar tendencies of these individuals create an environment of criminal or violent behavior.
   
Adolescents and children whose parents are uninvolved perform most poorly in all domains, as a result they also tend to have poor social skills ,low self esteem and high levels of depression. In rear cases, when children are rejected by their parents, are inadequately supervised,and grow up in homes with considerable conflict are at  greatest risk of becoming delinquents .The presence of any of the family circumstances  factors increases the chances of raising a delinquent child .Family conflict is particularly  likely to promote criminal behavior.
   
Single parents concentrate more on work in order to support themselves and their families they are likely to have difficulty providing supervision for their children. Children raised in single parent families are likely to have been exposed to such crime promoting influences such as parental conflict and alcoholism.  Poor supervision stirs up chronic stress in early stages and later it may generate delinquency.
     
Our results lend support to the idea that foundation of adolescent morality is created through the family. This study also indicates that parent child relationships influence on the criminal behavior of adolescents a composite of the household structure and the quality of parental relationships. Reductions in delinquency between the ages of fifteen and seventeen years appear to be related to friendly interaction between teenagers and their parents, which seem to promote stronger family bonds, school attachment and a dip in delinquency. Also, programs that aid youth who reside in areas of high risk delinquency or for juvenile offenders must be undertaken simultaneously.