The theoretical framework that best explains the study
is the conflict theory. The marriage system is not a stable
system. There
exist a lot of crises within it. At times, the husband and the wife will be in crises or the parents have crises
with the child/children.
In the
family, the husband/father, wife/mother and children are its parts which function to maintain the whole, a change
in the function of one part affects the other parts and also the entire system, thereby causing disequilibrium
in the system.
The role of the father
may somehow conflict with that of the mother
or children giving rise to conflict and at the end, there is a great effect on the children hence juvenile
delinquency.