Abstract:
In this diploma thesis the correlations between offender-victim-experiences of young people and their family socialisation climate are analysed on the basis of a secondary analysis of the "National Youth Survey".
The NYS is a longitudinal study in the US, which examined 1,725 young people in eight waves of research, from 1976 to 1990.
According to numerous studies, family socialisation is one of the factors which have great influence on the delinquent behaviour of youths.
Especially the family ties and the relationship to their parents are playing an important role in the socialisation of the youths.
More and more youths are harmed by the disregard and disinterest of their parents.
In addition to the results of studies of offender-victim-sequences, which increased considerably in their number in the recent years, this thesis shows how family socialisation also contributes to the situation of the youths.
These phenomena were observed in three steps. At the beginning, the surveyed youths were 14 to 15 years old. Two years later, at the age of 16 to 17 the same youths were surveyed again, and during the third step they were 18 and 19 years old.
The underlying theory of this study is the social criminological control-theory of Hirschi. His 1969 originated theoretical approach about the interrelationship between delinquency and bonds are examined in this independent empirical study.