Dlaczego dziecko staje się przestępcą? : funkcjonowanie rodziny a rodzaj zachowania przestępczego nieletnich chłopców

Abstract

The rapid growth and escalating of the most serious crimes committed by minors is a problem of particular importance for society. Irrational motives for these crimes, increased aggression and cruelty of those irritate broad social circles. This fact became also an issue taken by the representatives of many disciplines, including psychology, pedagogy, criminology, sociology and law. Official records are showing the size and nature of juvenile crime indicate the presence of its three major trends: a systematic increase in all types of crime, lowering of the minimum age for juvenile offenders and a substantial increase in violent crimes, characterized by high intensity of aggression and exceptional brutality. The article attempts to answer the questions concerning the relationship between the style of functioning of the family and the emergence of young criminal behavior among young patients. The author tries to find determinants of these behaviors searching for them through environmental factors – family.