An Examination of Parental Temperament and Rearrest Among a Sample of Serious Adolescent Offenders
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2021-12-15Author
Jackson, Lina Maria
0000-0002-1487-7386
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The relationship of child to parent, is one that has continuously been regarded as an impactful and important one. Parents are often held responsible for the character of their child as well as being responsible for their actions. Whether or not the parental relationship plays a part
in an adolescent's re-arrest is what this paper aims to find, specifically looking at parental temperament. In order to lower the rate of rearrests it is important to unpack the factors that contribute to recidivism and where it may begin. This paper examines an adolescent’s rate of rearrest and analyzes if parental temperament plays a part, if at all, in whether or not an adolescent reoffends. This paper helps to add insight on parental temperament specifically paternal hostility, as the research done in this paper found significance in an adolescent’s rate of re-arrest and
levels of paternal hostility.