Chat with AIExam 8: The Family and Delinquency
Define foster care. Describe the various aspects of the current foster care population indicated by the text as noteworthy.
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VerifiedFoster care is the placement of a child in the temporary care of a family other than its own as a result of state intervention into problems that are taking place within the birth family; it can be used as a temporary shelter while a permanent adoption effort is being arranged.
African American children comprise the largest proportion of children in foster care.
Over one-quarter of all children in foster care are under age 5.
Most children are placed in nonrelative foster homes, but substantial numbers are also placed with relatives or in group homes or institutions.
Of those children exiting foster care, most are reunited with their birth parents or primary caretakers, or are adopted.
A child is more likely to enter foster care due to neglect than due to physical, sexual, and psychological abuse combined.
Living within the foster care system can be a trying and emotionally traumatic experience for children.
It is estimated that somewhere between 30-80% of children in foster care exhibit emotional and/or behavioral problems.
Many are traumatized by their experiences before entering foster care, while others are troubled by the foster care experience itself.
Within three months of placement, many children exhibit signs of depression, aggression, or withdrawal.
Children in foster care are often forced to change schools, placing them at risk educationally.
Many youths leaving foster care end up in jail or on public assistance.
When parents physically leave their children with the intention of completely severing the parent-child relationship, it is called _____.
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Nonmarital childbearing increased dramatically in the United States during the latter half of the twentieth century, giving rise to families defined as unmarried couples with children. What is this family type called?
(29) VerifiedD
A home where one or both parents are absent due to divorce or separation is called a _____.
(30) Identify and describe the strategies implemented with at-risk youth. If you were asked to fund one of these interventions, which would it be? Provide a rationale for your choice.
(37) School is the primary unit in which children learn the values and attitudes that guide their behavior.
(35) Good parenting lowers the risk of delinquency for children living in _____.
(28) At the _____, the attorney for the social service agency presents an overview of the case and the evidence.
(31) What program is dedicated to addressing our nation's crises of child abuse, neglect and abandonment, teen pregnancy, and overall violence by parenting, empathy, and nurturing skills to all school-age children and teens?
(35) What refers to an environment of discord and conflict within the family?
(34) _____ is a situation in which an environment of violence and discord within the family exists.
(42) One of the most significant problems associated with abuse cases is the trauma a child must go through in a court hearing.
(40) Mass murders in which a spouse and one or more children are slain are called _____.
(46) Nuclear families that are the product of divorce and remarriage are called _____.
(33) Child protection agencies have been dealing with abuse and neglect since the _____.
(36) Families in which parents integrate their children into the household unit while helping them assert their individuality and regulate their own behavior is called _____.
(39) Children who feel inhibited with their parents and refuse to discuss important issues with them are more likely to engage in ____ activities.
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