Parental Monitoring
Law enforcement officers are frequently called to intervene in situations that involve juveniles, and many times it's discovered that the circumstances which brought police into contact with a juvenile may have grown out of parent-child relationships. It's important for law enforcement workers to know how family dynamics can impact juvenile behavior; such as a parent who abuses drugs or alcohol, is too busy pursuing personal or work goals, or a parent who hasn't developed proper parenting skills. Hopefully, through knowing the family dynamics, a law enforcement officer can effectively intervene and steer the family to productive resources for the benefit of the child and family. Dallas Trone is a WIU LEJA student currently enrolled in Research Methods. Through the course of developing her research project, she discovered important parenting traits and monitoring skills that show a relationship between attachment and delinquency. Dallas has taken this information and put