(1)I am interested in learning do the young boys without father figures in the home are contributing factors in the way that they live their everyday lives while they are young adults. Its always said that young men act out is because they never had a father figure, but what about the young men who had fathers inside the home and still have trouble in their young adult years. I need to ask a few random adolescent’s from a pool that have a bad history and from a pool that has no record. (between 100-200) within the age ranges of 11 through 18. This should give me a really good spectrum of how it will affect their daily lives if it even affects it at all. We know that mothers and fathers have two totally different impacts on a child’s life but just how different are they. I am investigating this problem because to my understanding every time something occurs in a young man’s life that is not okay in the public eye, the first thing that is said is “He act like that cause he don’t or didn’t have a father figure in his life.” After all yes I do think that having someone in your life that you can look up to do change the way we view things and how we approach daily struggles what choices can benefit them or which ones wont. There are previous studies that have been conducted on this certain topic some have been incomplete and inconclusive due to the sampling differences (Wells & Rankin, 1991), some have found that after longitudinal studies, they do show correlation between lo parental supervision and delinquency (Loeber & Stouthamer-Loeber, 1986; Anderson, Holmes, & Ostrech, 1999; Beaty, 1995; Biller & Baum, 1971; Harper & McLanahan, 1999) they all found that criminal activity increases when the children have no father figure in the home. One research study that stood out the most was one that was done in 2003 where the researcher looked at the influence of or correlation between juvenile delinquency and the presence or absence of a father figure in a child’s life. In this study a delinquency check list between two samples sets of delinquency and non-delinquency adolescents were examined. These different studies have looked at this topic through various surveys one being the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). They have looked at the factors of common background, low income, family instability and family structure. These different studies have found various outcomes. Some have found that without a father figure in the home the chances are higher that young males will have some type of delinquent behavior sometimes it comes from many different factors. Single parents with low income are sometimes a factor that increases the effect on the male. Different studies have found different things because all of the studies are not studying the exact same things, they have different factors that they suggest is the reason for males who have delinquent and non-delinquent records and what some do to cope while a father figure is not inside the home.
(2) In this study I am trying to show the correlation between absent fathers in a home and the impact that it has on a male adolescent being delinquent or non-delinquent. Involvement of parents in an adolescent’s life can alter the minor’s life choices and outcomes as well. A juvenile with abandonment issues can be the most destructive kind of delinquent, whether or not they were taken care of financially. A majority of urban neighborhoods are compiled of broken family homes. Neglect, desertion, and rejection and other issues can destroy a family and individual’s path. Most teens that come from broken homes or overcrowded homes (big families) in municipal areas resort to criminal activities to feel accepted or as a survival method. Youth with parent of criminal backgrounds are in higher jeopardy being that they are so closely connected to problematic situations. This study will also examine the success that is brought academically and the teaching of self-control. The definition of adolescent in this study is a life from puberty to maturity terminated legally at the age of majority. Father a male parent and in this case is closely related to the term uncle each of who could be a caretaker. A juvenile in this study is referred to as a youth at or below the oldest age for which a juvenile court has first authority or jurisdiction over an individual for violating the law (OJJDP, 2000). Instability throughout this study will be considered any caretaker, parent mother or father, aunt, uncle grandmother or grandfather who cannot properly provide a stable living environment. Sports in this study will be defined as an individual or group activity pursued for exercise or pleasure governed by a set of rules at which you compete at. The term delinquent will be known as any male figure under the ages of 18 to 11, if they have ever engaged in any criminal behavior, has a pending recording or if they were ever involved in any criminal investigations that lead to them being convicted.
(3)I am going to use the method of survey. that I would use the method of survey. I would use this method because I really wouldn’t have a long period of time to try and obtain so much information. I think that using the survey method would give me s set of broad results of what drugs are popular and which ones are in high or low demand. The survey method will give me the ideas of what people think individually. I will also do this method because it’s many ways to conduct this over the phone, by mail, or in person. The fact that imp going to be asking about a specific questions I think this the best way to get information.

(4) Hypothesis: Often, parents in urban neighborhoods are stressed and struggling to provide for their families and children in urban areas tend to develop unstructured mannerisms, and more than often struggle with academics and avoiding dangerous situations. Here, we see one of the elements of the social bond theory in action: attachment. Young adults are easily influenced, and in low economical income areas that can be (and is) a constant problem. Robert Merton had proposed that high rates of crime reflect embracement of widely shared cultural values emphasizing the merits of the pursuit of wealth and success. Behavioral developments can progress or digress, depending on whom kids end up seeing and reflecting—but if there is no father figure that they can look up to then they make choices for themselves. Young male adolescents who live in homes without a father figure are more likely to stray into their own daily routines. In turn we can expect that male adolescents will either engaged in delinquent behaviors and or sports.

(5and6) Variables:
Basic Demographic: Age 11-18, Gender, and Race.
Family composition: Surveys taking evaluation of fathers who are not in the home and how long they’ve been gone. Who is the care-taker.
Self Record: Any outstanding committed crimes or pending situations.

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(8) RESEARCH DESIGN
For this project I will have to collect a number of about 100-200 in person interviews. My population for this study will be men from different places in the city of homestead Florida, in the ages of 17 through 26. The start of my project will happen by me obtaining a survey of households with single parents but only mother.
After I obtain the sample size that I need I will sit down and have one on one interviews with each of the sample persons involved. To make sure that all parties are consenting to the study that I am trying to do, understanding any risks and all factors into this research while taking this survey.
The survey will include the previous variables from the above section. All parties will be kept confidential no names but many personal questions will be asked. After all parties have finished with the survey, they will be giving thank you gifts. After about two weeks when the surveys are organized and the data has been collected it would then be compared to data that was previously obtained for any changes or bias ideas.