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FAMILY ROLES AND THE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN: THE CASE OF SOCIALIZATION AND DELINQUENCY. Abstract The overall objective of the study was to examine the relationship between family role and children's social behavior and also to examine the effects of the family as the key factor on juvenile delinquency. This study attempts to explain the effect of family roles on juvenile delinquency. The least amount of communication and roles the family provides, the more likely the child will engage in delinquent activities. Findings suggest that family roles does indeed both negatively and positively play a role in the production of juvenile delinquency. Erratic or poor parental discipline, parental disharmony, parental rejection of the child, low parental involvement with the child, anti social parents and large family were seen to be the key predictors of juvenile delinquency. It was summarized however that poor parental supervision and poor child-family socialization are more likely to lead a child to offend. At the end of the study, it was recommended that family should have an upper hand in the prevention of juvenile delinquency and shaping the child in respect of the society. 1.1 Introduction Delinquency is a criminal behavior, which is carried out by a juvenile. The term implies a conduct that does not conform to the legal or moral standards of society; it usually applies only to acts that, if performed by an adult, would be termed criminal. It is thus distinguished from a status offense, a term applied in the United States and other national legal systems to acts considered wrongful when committed by a juvenile . Juvenile delinquency refers to a harmful or illegal acts carried out by adolescents. It is a violent or non violent offence committed by persons who are under the age of eighteen. On the hand, Juvenile Delinquent is one who repeatedly commits crime. These juvenile delinquents sometimes have mental disorders/behavioral issues such as post traumatic stress disorder or bipolar disorder , and are sometimes diagnosed with conduct disorder partially as a result of their delinquent behaviors. A Juvenile Delinquent is one who repeatedly commits crime. These juvenile delinquents sometimes have mental disorders/behavioral issues such as post traumatic stress disorder or bipolar disorder , and are sometimes diagnosed with conduct disorder partially as a result of their delinquent behaviors. Delinquency is an increasing social problem in Uganda. According to Uganda police crime report 2005 delinquents were 848; in 2008 delinquents were 2421 and crime report 2009, delinquents were 2245. When these figures are compared, the trend increasing implying that juvenile delinquency in Uganda is still high. Ideally the family plays a pivotal role in socialization of children and it greatly shapes the behaviour of children. Juveniles are more likely to become delinquents if there is little or no socialization. This study therefore, was intended to investigate how family socialization or lack of it influences juvenile delinquency.­­­ Children often test the limits and boundaries set by their parents and other authority figures. Among adolescents, some rebelliousness and experimentation is common. However, a few children consistently participate in problematic behaviors that negatively affect their family, academic, social, and personal functioning. These children present great concern to parents and the community at large. The prevention of delinquency requires identifying at-risk individuals and their environments before delinquent activity and behavior occur, and then removing such risk factors or strengthening resistance to the risk factors already present. The most logical starting point for prevention efforts is the family. For many young people today, traditional patterns guiding the relationships and transitions between family, school and work are being challenged. Social relations that ensure a smooth process of socialization are collapsing; lifestyle trajectories are becoming more varied and less predictable. The restructuring of the labor market, the extension of the maturity gap (the period of dependence of young adults on the family) and, arguably, the more limited opportunities to become an independent adult are all changes influencing relationships with family and friends, educational opportunities and choices, labor market participation, leisure activities and lifestyles. Youths nowadays, regardless of gender, social origin or country of residence, are subject to individual risks but are also being presented with new individual opportunities-some beneficial and some potentially harmful. Quite often, advantage is being taken of illegal opportunities as young people commit various offences, become addicted to drugs, and use violence against their peers. In Africa, delinquency tends to be attributed primarily to hunger, poverty, mal-nutrition, unemployment and inadequate family involvement in the social set up of their children, which are linked to the "text-align:justify;line-height:150%">The prevention of delinquency requires identifying at-risk individuals and their environments before delinquent activity and behavior occur, and then removing such risk factors or strengthening resistance to the risk factors already present. The most logical starting place for prevention efforts is the family. In Uganda, there are chances that the family is easily and closely linked with delinquent behavior which becomes initially important when the stress being placed on family functioning is considered, the divorce rate is now about one breakup for every three marriages. The very structure and definition of the family is under going change. The traditional concept of the paternalistic family which there is ale bread winner and a female who cares for the home and children simply is fading away. The majority of mothers of school age children are now employed. Many of the mothers with infants under one year of age are employed outside the home. People are waiting longer to marry and are having fewer children. Single parent house holders have become common and more unwed mother than ever are deciding to keep and raise their children. These families (break away, single parent families) are problem shaken most especially poverty which is the ' song' of the day. Parents have lost control of the children due to inadequacy in resources to answer financial questions; and even in education. In addition, the quality schools (private) of Uganda may not be accessible or affordable in terms of education fees because of the poverty line while even the free Universal Primary Education (U.P.E) has inadequate quality to shape the children into responsible citizens. The U.P.E (Universal Primary Education) setting has even resulted into more delinquency among the poor children of Uganda. Sometimes it is geography, rather than finances that helps to determine a child's access to social opportunities. Rural families may have a smaller core group of friends and acquaintances than their urban counterparts. It would seem natural that children who are introduced to not only greater numbers of people during their childhoods, but also people of varied backgrounds would grow to be more adept at understanding and relating well to many different types of people. Often rigid and controlling, authoritarian parents place high demands on their kids without allowing room for discussion or regard for the child's feelings. This can result in children who are fearful, anxious, frustrated or withdrawn. Favoring supportive discipline, authoritative parents expect good behaviors from their kids, but they gently and lovingly guide them, rather than being forceful or cruel. Kids with authoritative parents are typically self-confident and socially adept. Extremely lenient, permissive parents allow children to decide for themselves what they feel is appropriate behavior. Unfortunately, these kids often have ...