TY - JOUR
T1 - Good parents, bad parents
T2 - Rethinking family involvement in juvenile justice
AU - Paik, Leslie
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like to thank Mary Bosworth, Robert Emerson, Alexes Harris, Annette Lareau, Sandra Levitsky, and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on earlier versions of this manuscript. This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (#1357230) and the Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York Research Award Program (TRADA-43-293).
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/8/1
Y1 - 2017/8/1
N2 - This article proposes a new theoretical model for studying family involvement in youth delinquency cases in juvenile court. It argues that before we can assess the family’s effect on case outcomes, we must first have a clearer understanding about the process by which family involvement is formed to consider the myriad factors that go beyond the idea of a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ parent. Based on qualitative data on families in New York City Family Court, this article shows how family involvement is not a predetermined factor but rather, the result of the institutional process itself as shaped by the family’s interactions with court staff as well as the youths’ behaviors and interactions with parents and staff.
AB - This article proposes a new theoretical model for studying family involvement in youth delinquency cases in juvenile court. It argues that before we can assess the family’s effect on case outcomes, we must first have a clearer understanding about the process by which family involvement is formed to consider the myriad factors that go beyond the idea of a ‘good’ or ‘bad’ parent. Based on qualitative data on families in New York City Family Court, this article shows how family involvement is not a predetermined factor but rather, the result of the institutional process itself as shaped by the family’s interactions with court staff as well as the youths’ behaviors and interactions with parents and staff.
KW - Family involvement
KW - juvenile delinquency
KW - juvenile justice
KW - parental accountability
KW - parental involvement
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U2 - 10.1177/1362480616649430
DO - 10.1177/1362480616649430
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85025429892
SN - 1362-4806
VL - 21
SP - 307
EP - 323
JO - Theoretical Criminology
JF - Theoretical Criminology
IS - 3
ER -