“Am I a juvenile delinquent? I am a teenager. I am young –young at heart and in mind. In this position‚ I am carefree. I enjoy doing nothing but to drink the win of pleasure…Honorable judge‚ friends‚ and teachers...is this the girl whom you commented a juvenile delinquent?” (Anonymous) Perhaps all of us have heard this famous declamation piece‚ but have we ever looked closer into the depths of the term‚ “juvenile delinquency?” Will juvenile delinquency be only remembered through a declamation or
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Juvenile delinquencies are minors who have committed a crime between the ages 10-18 years of age (Juvenile Delinquents). These children have commit crimes such as stealing‚ robbery‚ car jacking‚ selling drugs. Status offenses are crimes commit by teens that are under age‚ for the crime they committed. Such crimes included alcohol‚ curfew violation‚ truancy‚ and buying cigarettes. Alcohol is ethanol that can be an intoxicating agent (Alcohol). Alcohol use beings in adolescence and increases in rate
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“Social Perspectives on Juvenile Delinquency” Artie Swift Kaplan University CJ445: Case Management in Juvenile Justice Unit 8 Final Essay Professor Kathryn Sellers 02/03/2014 The juvenile generation of today has drifted far from the family values that their parents grew up with and tried to pass along to them but there are many loop holes in the generations of yesterday and today. Although‚ it is not easy to find the true connection between the practices of early childhood
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little insular worlds‚ most juveniles are fueled by their selfish‚ self-centered desires. Even with experience as their best teacher‚ juveniles often feel superhuman and invincible‚ at least until the worst of all possible scenarios happens to them. Typical of youth‚ such unbridled and extravagant thinking causes juveniles to feel practically untouchable by the long arm of the law. As personal perceptions make a person ’s reality what it is‚ the perceptions of juveniles‚ no matter how warped‚ lead
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in the dangerous and unwelcome streets‚ and the main causes of this saddening problem is mainly the fear of shame and poverty. Religious and moral ethics faces hidden love and affection in a big clash. One of the most concrete causes of juvenile delinquency relates to illegal couples abandoning their new-borns‚ fearing the embarrassing and shameful gossip this event can engender. Thus‚ abandoning their illegal children to the streets seems the only solution. Another example would be the fathers
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This project is mainly about the history of Jamaica‚ its symbols and national heroes along with the countries one heroine. When finished reading this project I ensure that you will be educated with things that you do not know or remember. On October 11‚ Paul Bogle‚ a respected black man in the community‚ marched with a group to Morant Bay. When they arrived at the court house they were met by a small volunteer militia who opened fire on the group‚ killing seven. Immediately‚ the militia retreated
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Juvenile delinquency is a complex social problem that significantly impacts all members and processes of a social structure. Delinquency refers to a set of behaviors that are not in line with the collective practices and/or ethics of the dominant social group. Essentially‚ these behaviors deviate from societal norms and more specifically they violate established criminal codes and laws. Juvenile delinquency incorporates not only general criminal activity but conduct that is only unlawful for
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Risk Factors Risk factors are variables that increase the likelihood of juveniles becoming involved in gangs. Some of the major risk factors of juvenile gang involvement include: “negative influences in the child’s life‚ child maltreatment‚ poor parental supervision/involvement‚ substance use‚ such as alcohol and drugs‚ poor educational or employment potential‚ and community disorganization” (Hawkins and Pollard‚ 1999). According to a Seattle study‚ children and youth are two to four times more
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There are many factors that are involved in the socialization of children and adolescents that might cause them to become deviant. Many studies have been conducted over time‚ which have attempted to examine the cause of delinquency and how to prevent it. Some theories have proven to be effective‚ while others have been abandoned. Throughout this paper‚ we will go into detail about the history of juvenile delinquency. Then‚ we will continue to go into depth about how juvenile delinquency has evolved
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not believe that there is a latent trait that makes a person delinquency-prone based on the following factors: the environment where the child is raised‚ the socialization where the child interacts‚ and their ethnicity. With the content provided and my experiences in observation in adolescents I have come to realize that there are many determining factors that could have a child become a child delinquent. The most important factor between the two that I have come up with is the socioeconomic
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