The documentary “Me facing Life; Cyntoia’s Story” is about a young girl named Cyntoia, who is sixteen years old, going through a trail after committing murder; her life and what may have led her to committing so many delinquent acts is also expressed. Throughout the film her family, lifestyle and way of thinking is shown deeply. Still, after seeing the film I feel as if her pathway to delinquency could have been avoidable by just having more supervision, having a better family structure, and even being more active in school. Cyntoia had hit the streets at thirteen, she was a chronic runaway. “I wasn’t running from; I was running to,” she explains now. The streets of Nashville gave her “what I thought was freedom.”…
living in the streets due to being raise alone or running away from their home causing them to…
Juan often runs away from home because his parents constantly fight and often blame him for their issues. Juan runs away for 2 to 3 days at a time and will do this at least once a week. When he is at home, he typically does not follow the rules and will yell at his parents and siblings. Juan has a history of defiant behavior, but his home environment has often been chaotic. Juan’s parents have been through family counseling, but they feel it was not helpful and are reluctant to do it again. Juan sometimes will run to a local group home that takes in runaway youth.…
According to the Homeboy Industries, they do this because they believe that the youth are the most vulnerable and that people who end up incarcerated and come out of prison and end up in the streets with…
Rotheram-Borus, M. J. (1993). Suicidal Behavior and Risk Factors among Runaway Youths. American Journal of Psychiatry, 150(1), 103-107.…
The majority of crimes young women commit, according to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), are simple assault and illegal substance abuse. Young women are more likely than young men to commit the status offense of running away and to become involved in prostitution and commercialized vice. The NIJ reported that the average age a young woman becomes involved in prostitution is 14.…
These variables include economic circumstances, lack of capable guardians, socialization of an individual, social disorganization, status frustration, gender inequality, opportunity, and masculinity. Each one of these variables is important because it shows how social forces push an individual to be deviant and to engage…
Individuals involved in gang membership on a full time basis often feel rejected by society and the community in which they reside. Many females that join gangs are seeking to escape abusive homes where the male role model was poor and often victimized the females in the household. Females joining gangs see the male members as protection from the environment they are trying to leave from. Growing up many of the females I knew in the area came from troubled backgrounds and sought to be with the more shady males in my…
the pressures in society. Some of these individuals feel that they can’t survive without crime.…
Unfortunately, many homeless youth are “befriended” by drug addicts or encouraged into prostitution. For many of the runaways due to abuse, many wonder how bad their situations must be if they would face addiction and sexually…
People are a product of their environment. This is a statement that has been proven time and time again to be true. Talking about her students in the county jail she worked at, Boufis writes, “I can piece together the world that many of my students come from. It’s a world of broken promises- mothers who abandon them, boyfriends and fathers who rape them, partners who beat them- and one where home and school are fractured at best.” (Boufis, 101) This in my opinion is a perfect example of the environments many people in these situations come from. I also believe that this could be one of the main reasons why man people get involved in crime and drugs. Many of them probably would’ve never started down the paths they did, had it not been for finding themselves in these desperate situation to begin with. Having a solid support system at home, or at school can have a lot to do with the choices that a person will make. Knowing these things, one could come to the conclusion that just because these women committed crimes, and made bad choices, it doesn’t necessarily make them…
Sexual orientation and gender identity are the main causes for some teens being kicked out and becoming homeless. Some people find themselves homeless due to unexpected extenuating circumstances. Natural disasters can also contribute to someone becoming homeless. Many people find themselves losing their homes to a variety of natural catastrophes including but not limited to, floods, forest fires, storms, and earthquakes. A variety of homeless people go through unexpected emergencies (Frontsteps3).…
3) Family expectations and problems are common factors why many enter the prostitution business. Women in particular are pressured to pay for their sibling’s education or support a sick family member. Other aspects such as dysfunctional families or constant abuse from parents have lead adolescents to leave their homes and are attracted by the easy profits from prostitution.…
Drug use by children is another reason for them to run away. According www.medicinenet.com “As of 2010, about 30% of 10th-graders used marijuana in the past year”. As you can see, some of them try to use it for the first time and became addicted with drugs after that. Often, children will leave home to obtain the drugs. Also, if their parents find out they are using drug, they will run away from home to continue to use it. Drug use…
Absent parents can be a very difficult thing for teenage girls because they wont get the support they want to get. The absence of one or both parents could gravely affect teenagers, given that they are undergoing emotional, physical, and mental develpment. (Handron1.) Children whose fathers are absent are also more likely to face abuse or neglet. (2.)…