The Effects o f Parenting Styles o n Juvenile Delinquency

Abstract

The following paper aims to examine and determine the risk factors for the development of criminal behavior in adolescence, including the influence of parenting styles as well as other possible factors in criminal behavior. Definitions and analysis of thes e risk factors require an interdisciplinary approach. To analyze this hypothesis, a wide literature material is used as well as data obtained through the study, which consists of interviewing teenagers who are part of the re education school in Kavaja, by completing the questionnaire on parenting styles (Parental Authority Questionnaire) as well as a semi structured interview. The application of these instruments was done to collect data on the experience and personal perspective of 8 participants regarding the parenting style used by their parents as well as the factors that may have led them to commit criminal acts. Based on the collected and systematized empirical material , conclusions are formulated, which, on the one hand, partially prove the raised hyp otheses, on the other hand, leave open some possibilities for further discussions and suggestions.