Student slideshow for Mr. Stennett's Human Development class, Spring 2015

2. 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

3. 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."

4. 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

5. • 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

6. • 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

7. • 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

8. 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

9. • 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.

10. 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.

11. • 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

12. 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

13. • 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

14. 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
Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education.
• Bunker, Edward. (2000). Education of a felon. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
• Freudenberg, N., Daniels, J., Crum, M., Perkins, T., Richie, B.E. (2008). Coming home
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
European Economic Association, 11(2), 278-315.
• Haverfield, M.C., Thesis, J.A. (2014). A theme analysis of experiences reported by
adult children of alcoholics in online support forums. Journal of Family Studies,
20(2), 166-184.

15. Resources
• Nasir, R., & Ghani, N.A. (2013). Behavioral and emotional effects of anger
expression and anger management among adolescents. Procedia - Social and
Behavioral Sciences, 140, 565-569.
• Norman, R.E., Byambaa, M., De, R., Butchart, A., Scott, J., Vos, T. (2012). The long-
term health consequences of child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and 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.
• Vandenberg, B., Marsh, U. (2009). Aggression in youths: Child abuse, gender, and
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• Williams, A.G., Lee, H. (2013). Effects of parental alcoholism, sense of belonging,
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