ORCID Identifier(s)

0000-0002-1487-7386

Graduation Semester and Year

2021

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice

Department

Criminology and Criminal Justice

First Advisor

Sarah El Sayed

Abstract

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.

Keywords

Adolescent, Re-arrest, Parental temperament

Disciplines

Criminology and Criminal Justice | Legal Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

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