Author Question: What role has industrialization played in making nuclear families more prominent today? What will ... (Read 61 times)

burton19126 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

What role has industrialization played in making nuclear families more prominent today?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Which of the following recommendations has been made by government task forces to reduce incidences of domestic violence?

a. establishing arrest as the last resort for dealing with such crimes
b. mandating the requirement that a victim sign a formal complaint before the prosecutor can file charges
c. adopting the attitude that family violence in all forms need not be regarded as criminal
d. processing all complaints of family violence as reported criminal offenses

momolu · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The nuclear family has become more prominent because it is better suited to an urbanized industrial society. Industrialism calls for geographic mobility so that workers can go where the jobs are, and nuclear families with weaker kinship ties make this mobility easier. Industrial societies also emphasize achievement rather than ascription, and these modified kinship relations make it easier for people to be upwardly mobile.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d