Juvenile Crime: Child Abuse And Neglect To Crime
Topic: Juvenile Crime
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Introduction Various research findings on juvenile crime relate child abuse and neglect to crime. Child mistreatment and abuse in the United States of America have led to the growth in the number of youth gangs. It is unfortunate that while child abuse has been on the increase, its outcomes probably manifest when a child matures. From these studies, it is evident that children who have been victims of sexual assault are more likely to suffer from Posttraumatic Stress disorder (Siegel & Welsh, 2011). Thus, when these children get into adolescences, they may commit delinquent crime. Some of these individuals cannot withstand the pressures of the world and end up abusing drugs …show more content…
Based on reports from the Department of Health and Human Services, there are more than one million child mistreatment reports on an annual basis (Moylan et al, 2010). Therefore, it shows that the country needs to develop strategies in tracking such numbers. It is important to note that the bulk of these cases occur in families and neighborhoods of people with lower social status. Can this data mean that social and economic status of individuals has an effect on child mistreatment? Child mistreatment and abuse, however, has long-term effects on survivors. Studies reveal that one its effects relate to crime involvement. The reasons to this theory come through using psychological analysis. Psychological analysis would employ the application of …show more content…
The theory further states that such acute stress levels may influence functioning of the brain, behavior patterns and development (Finkelhor, Turner, Ormrod, & Hamby, 2009). Findings on the United States of America reveal that female victims of abuse getting out of foster care are more likely to engage in criminal activities. This data represents females from foster care homes in transition to adulthood. Males from foster care homes additionally reveal tendency to crime and would engage in criminal activities once they reach adulthood. It also a revealed, that those individuals who have suffered abuse in one way or another will reveal such tendencies in the
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Introduction Various research findings on juvenile crime relate child abuse and neglect to crime. Child mistreatment and abuse in the United States of America have led to the growth in the number of youth gangs. It is unfortunate that while child abuse has been on the increase, its outcomes probably manifest when a child matures. From these studies, it is evident that children who have been victims of sexual assault are more likely to suffer from Posttraumatic Stress disorder (Siegel & Welsh, 2011). Thus, when these children get into adolescences, they may commit delinquent crime. Some of these individuals cannot withstand the pressures of the world and end up abusing drugs …show more content…
Based on reports from the Department of Health and Human Services, there are more than one million child mistreatment reports on an annual basis (Moylan et al, 2010). Therefore, it shows that the country needs to develop strategies in tracking such numbers. It is important to note that the bulk of these cases occur in families and neighborhoods of people with lower social status. Can this data mean that social and economic status of individuals has an effect on child mistreatment? Child mistreatment and abuse, however, has long-term effects on survivors. Studies reveal that one its effects relate to crime involvement. The reasons to this theory come through using psychological analysis. Psychological analysis would employ the application of …show more content…
The theory further states that such acute stress levels may influence functioning of the brain, behavior patterns and development (Finkelhor, Turner, Ormrod, & Hamby, 2009). Findings on the United States of America reveal that female victims of abuse getting out of foster care are more likely to engage in criminal activities. This data represents females from foster care homes in transition to adulthood. Males from foster care homes additionally reveal tendency to crime and would engage in criminal activities once they reach adulthood. It also a revealed, that those individuals who have suffered abuse in one way or another will reveal such tendencies in the