Kathy Holder Sociological Theories United States is encountering a serious of concerns about juvenile delinquency. The Criminal Justice System in hand with Governments and community programs are trying to reduce the impacting rates of youth crime acts. Even when such effort is not visible‚ there is concerned juveniles advocate working behind the scene to help and support teenagers in need of a way out. There are a variety of programs across the nation within
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Robert Agnew extended Merton’s strain theory to explain juvenile Delinquency. He called his theory General Strain Theory of delinquency (GST) and broadened strain theory’s focus beyond economic goals and success. Agnew argued that adolescent strain results not only from failure to achieve economic goals‚ but also from failure to achieve noneconomic goals‚ the removal of positive stimuli‚ and the introduction of negative stimuli. Removal of positive stimuli can be the death of a loved one or the ending
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Adolescent Delinquency Throughout the course of the progressive era significant legislations helped to control the growing urban society. Austin et al. claim that the establishment of a juvenile justice system is “one of the most progressive developments in the evolution of criminal justice in the United States” (4). Influenced by the children’s welfare‚ the juvenile law adopted the English doctrine parens patriate which gave states the authority to assume the role of a parent (Soulier & Scott 138)
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A juvenile is a youth who is at or below the upper age of original jurisdiction in their resident state. In the Juvenile Justice System‚ their age range is from 0 -7‚ 7 – 14‚ and 14 – 21 which it’s called the three 7’s‚ Juvenile has a separated system to determine whether they are to be prosecuted as an adult or a minor‚ depended on the delinquency they had committed. The Juvenile System that they go by is the status offenses and delinquent‚ because of those it also separates the conviction for
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states that the child figure thus occupies an ambiguous liminal space “that threatens as it unites ideas of domesticity” (Olson 6). ] Wetmore in his article‚ “Psycho without a cause: Norman Bates and Juvenile Delinquency Cinema” compellingly argues that Psycho has many tropes common/characteristic of a juvenile delinquency or JD film. Hitchcock’s films abound with “dangerous children” (Wetmore 219) masquerading
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Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crimes Not long ago‚ juveniles were expected to behave and act as any adult would. This extended to obeying laws where juveniles were viewed as adults and were subject to the same rules and regulations as adults. There was no separation of juvenile crime and adult crime and the law made no distinction based on the age of the offender. Whoever committed a crime‚ regardless of age‚ were given a certain consequence for their actions. It wasn’t until the 1900’s when the
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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY OR SOCIAL MALIGNANCY? India is perhaps the only country in the world which has the dubious distinction of having maximum number of laws to regulate the conduct of society. It is the only country where almost all aspects of human behavior i.e. behavior with human beings‚ behavior with animals (both domestic & wild) with nature & environment etc. all are sought to be governed by laws rather than through education or innate enlightenment which is the preserve of every
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Colorado Technical University Online CJUS285-1302A-01 Juvenile Delinquency Phase 1- Individual Project Professor Grace Mickles Obaid Rahman April 15‚ 2013 There are many advantages of the taxpayer and the juveniles to split the juvenile courts into two sections because it will benefit taxpayer and juveniles by splitting into sections. By doing that status offenders will get more help and treat as a minor crime offender‚ which they don’t in a joint section. Status offenders are treated unfairly
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as to why people commit crime‚ and how crime should be handled and prevented. There have been several theories surfacing and explained over the years as criminologists seek the most prevalent solutions to ultimately reduce the rate of crime. Juvenile delinquency‚ which was once at an all time high in America‚ is now at a low. However‚ low remains too high and by implementing early intervention may effectively reduce crime levels. This paper will briefly describe the Strong African American Family program
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Poverty’s Effects on Delinquency Lakeisha D. Mitchell Grand Canyon University: JUS-452 March 11‚ 2012 Poverty’s Effects on Delinquency Many criminal theorists‚ sociologists and researchers alike have developed several ideas in regards to what exactly causes juvenile delinquency. For example‚ social learning theory‚ strain theory and control theory‚ just to name a few‚ are typically postulated for being directly related to juvenile delinquency. In dealing with all of these effects and how they
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