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About Edward Bunker
• 1933 – 2005
• Born in Hollywood on New Years Eve
• IQ of 152 at age 9 put his mental age at 18
• American author of crime fiction
• screenwriter• actor
Hard Times at Home
• Parents divorced at 4 years old
• Alcoholic stagehand father
• Chorus girl mother• Parents lived in a constant
state of alcohol- fueled argument.
First clear memories were of his parents screaming at each other and the police arriving to "keep the peace."
In and out• Early criminal career
• Convicted of: bank robbery, drug dealing, extortion,
armed robbery, and forgery
• Crime “career” ended in 1975
• Foster Home at age 5
• Juvenile hall at age 10
• Reform school at 13
• San Quentin at 17
• Folsom Prison at 43
COMING HOME FROM JAIL
• People released from jail tend to have low employment rates, low income, and high rearrest rates
• Policies on employment, drug treatment, housing, & healthcare block successful reentry into society
• Mrs.Wallas gave him a pre-furnished apartment, a good job, and clothes to put on his back
Effect of Joint Custody• Some children will have
less contact with parents who remarry or repartner
• Some ex spouses are envious of their former spouses remarrying
• Fear of additional parent figure
• Parents never had a co-parenting relationship
• Mom remarried
Adult Children of Alcoholics• Low self-esteem and
insecurity, anger and resentment, romantic relationship problems, & problems communicating
• grow up striving to adapt, survive, and succeed under stressful conditions.
• Roughly 26.8 million children of alcoholics in the United States
• Higher risk for substance abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, and multiple emotion problems
Child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect
• 10% of children are neglected or emotionally abused
• Parents: Poverty, low educational achievement, alcohol and substance misuse, having been maltreated as a child
• Child: Increased risk of depression, substance abuse, aggression, & violent crime
Aggression in Youth• Anger leads to aggression
and so many other negative consequences such as homicide and violence.
• Edward knew he had a horrible temper & attempted to calm & restrain himself to avoid trouble.
Anger Expression & Management
• Responses of anger:hit other people, hitting objects,
becoming aggressive verbally or cussing,
and calming themselves down
when they felt angry. • Over time he became
somewhat less aggressive with age and experience.
PARENTING & ATTACHMENT• A warm & loving
maternal figure allows children to feel safe in their environment.
• Edward Bunker never had solid parent-child relationship
• He never felt safe in any of the homes he was put in
Parental divorce & youth substance abuse
• Youth are more likely to use alcohol 2-4 years before their parents divorce
• Edward used nicotine, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, and I am sure others
• More than 45% of married couples end up divorcing
• About 40% of all children experience parental divorce
Turnout • At age 65, had a five-
year-old son
• At age 65, had been married almost 2 decades to Jennifer
• She was his counselor at a halfway house
• Published/acclaimed writer
• Actor• Screenwriter
Resources• Arkes, J. (2013). The temporal effects of parental divorce on youth substance
abuse. Substance Use & Misuse, 48(3), 290-297.• Berk, L. (2014). Family influences. Exploring Lifespan Development (3rd ed.) Upper
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from jail: The social and health consequences of community reentry for women, male adolescents, and their families and communities. American
Journal of Public Health, 98, 191-202.• Halla, M. (2013). The effect of joint custody on family outcomes. Journal of the
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adult children of alcoholics in online support forums. Journal of Family Studies, 20(2), 166-184.
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expression and anger management among adolescents. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 140, 565-569.
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neglect: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine, 9(11), 1-31. • Ratner, K. (2013). The role of parenting and attachment in identity style
development. University of Central Florida Undergraduate Research Journal, 7(1), 15-26.
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