The juvenile justice system should adopt a permanent focus on rehabilitation to ensure the future success of our nation’s young people. Juvenile criminal and delinquent behaviors do not emerge randomly. We have learned over the past few decades that a number of factors, (individual, family, peer, and community) affect whether a child will engage in delinquent or criminal activity. Research has clearly shown that the more risk factors experienced by youth, the greater their likelihood of involvement in criminal activity. Conversely, protective factors such as developing close relationships with parents and teachers can offset the negative effects of risk factors. [ (U.S. Department of Justice Programs Office of Justice Programs, 1999) ]…
example of this type of behavior is school yard bullying. It is said that 37 percent of…
The changes in family values and structure in the United States has helped contribute to juvenile delinquency today. Society needs to recognize problems within the home before trying to find solutions to problems for todays at risk youth in America. Major structural changes inside of the home could adversely affect the raising of juveniles leading to delinquency. Some of the issues I will discuss in my paper are divorce, child abuse, mothers working outside of the home, and single-parent homes. Ineffectively raising a child can cause low self-control and low self-esteem while increasing the risks of delinquency as well. I will argue that with proper supervision, counseling, and monitoring of the behavior of the juvenile, it is possible that society can help eliminate some of the crimes committed by juvenile delinquents.…
The dependent variable being used in this paper is Juvenile delinquency rates. In comparison, the main independent variable of family structure with the following categories: Divorce parents, single parent, step parents, two parents, and other. It will then explore another independent variable of social control measures including: monitoring, involvement, and attachment. It will also asses if the watching, supervision, involvement and attachment to parents by these youth have a relationship with juvenile delinquency. This paper will use regression conducted using SPSS to which it will test the hypothesis as the dependent variables are dichotomous. There will be two test conducted to support the hypothesis. The first one to explain the difference between delinquencies by family structure. Then the second test that will be explained in this paper is in relations to social control measures that account for differences between family structure and juvenile delinquency. It is to be noted that each test include a set of control variables that include age, race, ethnicity, and…
More than 2 million juveniles are arrested each year with nearly 600,000 entering into juvenile incarceration. (Kapp, Petr, Robbins, & Choi, 2013) There has been a steady increase of youthful female offenders. From the early nineties up until about 2006, simple assault crimes have decreased “4% for male juveniles and it increased 19% for females” (Espinosa, Sorensen, & Lopez, 2013). “25 to 50 percent of antisocial girls commit crimes as adults (Pajer, 1998)”. "Similar risk factors may play a role in both girls' and boys' delinquency. Gender differences in underlying biological functions, psychological traits and social interpretation can result in different types and rates of delinquent behaviors for girls and boys (Moffitt,…
The social theories and delinquency prevention programs mentioned above are in pursue of juvenile delinquency decrease in this nation we live in. Every program is funded by different organizations and community programs to help these teenagers cope with tragedies that have marked their lives and drawn them into delinquency. Every city and state have a different manner of dealing with juvenile delinquency and they all try its best to lower the rates of crime among youth. It is work in progress for all of…
Methodology • Secondary analysis o Data from Add Health o Recoding, Frequencies and Crosstabulation using SPSS Delinquency 12 • Hypothesis o Single-parents are more likely to have their adolescent children involved in delinquency, than are two biological, married parents. (Trying to prove this wrong but can’t use null hypothesis in data analysis) • Definition of variables o Single-parent: a biological parent who cares for one or more children, without the assistance of another [the other biological] parent in the home. o Juvenile Delinquency: conduct by a child, younger than 18 years old, characterized by antisocial behavior that is beyond parental control and therefore subject to legal action (i.e. arrested or convicted of a crime). VIII. Analysis • Supports Hypothesis or not • Problems, strengths, weaknesses, etc. • Future research IX. Theories • Labeling Theory o Tannenbaum, Lemert, & Becker o Definition: “The deviant is one to whom that label has successfully been applied; deviant behavior is the behavior that people so label” (Leighninger,…
Some often wonder about child delinquents and the reason behind their actions. Children’s behavior can be the result of genetic, social, and environmental factors. In addition, it can relate to their emotional, cognitive, and physical characteristics. In this particular topic it is a factor as to why children become a delinquent. Some may debate that it is not a result of child abuse that children’s behavior become corrupt but there are behaviors that mirror what the child is going through in their life.…
Bibliography: (1988). The impact of family structure and quality on delinquency: A comparative assessment of structural and functional factors. Criminology, 26(2), 235-261.…
Overall, the results from the study confirm that family is crucial to the outcome of youth either becoming an offender. Knowing how to deal with family issues can help reduce juvenile delinquency. Youth offenders were more likely to be charged at younger ages from the two latter classes. It concludes that family background does have great influences on wither youth turn into youth…
In today’s society it is essential to understand the occurrence and prevention of juvenile crime. Numerous teenagers are becoming juvenile delinquents and society needs to know why. This paper will identify five concepts on which Team C believes to be the most significant social facts in the occurrence and prevention of juvenile delinquency. The paper will discuss recommendations for the future in which families, the community, law enforcement, probation and/or courts can help reduce juvenile delinquency.…
delinquency: The significance of parental absence versus parental gender. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 41(1), 58-81.…
Social and home environment are shown to contribute to the development of antisocial behavior. The parents of delinquent children are frequently proven to be alcoholics or criminals themselves, and the homes were often disrupted by divorce, separation, or the absence of one…
The word “delinquency” is a strong word and when people hear it they get scared. Juvenile delinquency is occurs when a juvenile’s behavior is in violation of criminal law, juvenile status offenses, and other juvenile misconducts. On the other hand, status offenses are those misconducts committed or engaged by a juvenile and that can be presented in a juvenile court. Status offenses are those offenses illegal for a certain group of people, in this case juvenile’s, and not illegal to others, like adults. For example, the intake of tobacco, alcohol, running away from home, owning a firearm, gambling, etc. are some status offenses.…
* Huges, L.A., Short Jr., J.F. (2008). Juvenile Delinquency and Delinquents: The Nexus of Social Change. Pearson Prentice Hall.…