Urie Bronfenbrenner and Gerald Patternson have both provided a comprehensive system for analyzing developmental patterns in children that include a broad view of the context in which the child is developing

Introduction

Patterson and Bronfenbrenner came up with a comprehensive explanation of the role that a child 's context plays in their developmental process . These two sociologists assert that children 's culture , parenting style , social network among other factors tremendously affect their overall outcome as adults . The essay shall examine the latter author 's theories with regard to delinquency

Role of contextual analysis in determining delinquent patterns

The country is under tremendous pressure owing to the high rates of delinquency . It would therefore be very useful to place this pattern of

behavior under context . Kennedy and Swenson (1995 explained that the country needed a with the juvenile system which is usually brought on by delinquency factors . Some of the assertions made by these experts include the fact that juvenile delinquents are more likely than other individuals to depend on welfare as adults or to be unemployed in the future . It is therefore imperative to detect some of the possible causes of these behaviors and nip them in the bud

DeBaryshe , Patterson and Ramsey (1989 ) explain that the interactions which children have with their families have a major role to play in terms of the way children turn out in the future It should be noted that those children with minimal guidance from their respective families have higher chances of exhibiting delinquent behavior . Additionally , these negative effects experienced by such children are likely to trickle down to their overall behavior within the school environment . More often than not , such children feel rejected by their parents are thus unable to give their all within the school environment . The overall result of this is failure

On top of the latter , it is possible to find that most children who are exposed to negative family influences or those who have been rejected by their families tend to join socially deviant groups . The main explanation for this is that those children are looking for some sort of acceptance . While the socially deviant groups may not be acceptable by other members of the community , most of them make neglected children feel at home . When a rejected child joins such a socially deviant group , they are likely to ape the behaviors of their peers and engage in delinquent behavior

Patterson (1996 ) explains that in to understand or even determine whether a child will exhibit delinquent behavior , one ought to examine whether that respective child is exposed to good family management . Additionally , it was also necessary to look at some of the issues revolving around their parents . This factors include availability of parents , nature of parental interactions and whether those respective individuals can understand the nature of the child 's respective challenges

The latter mentioned authors also asserted that it was necessary to asses whether a child 's school environment was a positive influence upon their lives . This means that more often than not , children who perform poorly in school or those who feel out of place in school are more likely to exhibit delinquent behavior than their...