Single-Parent Families | Single-Parent Families Contribute to Violent Crime
Wade C. Mackey is a professor of anthropology at El Paso Community College in Texas and the author of Fathering Behaviors.
Summary: Children raised in single-parent families (especially those in which the mother is the single parent) are more likely to commit violent crimes both as juveniles and as adults than those raised in two-parent families. Statistics show a relationship between increasing rates of violent crime and the rise in divorce and out-ofwedlock childbearing. Reducing divorce and bolstering the role of fathers in families can help reduce...
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