Delinquency Deterrence Punishment for violating the laws can be lenient or they can be harsh‚ and they can be used to prevent others from committing crimes as well as deterring people from becoming repeat offenders. People assume that juveniles are not rational beings; meaning that they do not know the difference between right and wrong and that they do not understand the consequences following their actions‚ however that assumption is wrong because juveniles can be deterred from committing
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Brandon Flanagan Reaction Paper October 29‚ 2014 A defining feature of life in America’s schools today is the increasing incidence of violence. Nearly 3 million crimes take place in or near schools annually. These increases are occurring nationwide. Eighty-two percent of school districts surveyed by the National School Boards Association reported increasing violence within their schools during the past 5 years. More than 60 percent of school districts have reported weapon violations among their students
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CJS/240 July 5‚ 2013 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
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and ignores American tradition. It was a new idea to explain juvenile delinquency at that time. However‚ it cannot fully interpret crime and juvenile delinquency in nowadays. In the period from 1950 to 1964‚ the total number of juvenile who being arrested has increase from 14‚539 to 961‚132 in the America bureau of the census. (David‚ 1995‚ 58) It increased sixty six times and it was a rapid growth in the juvenile delinquency. It was a serious problem in America at that time. Therefore‚ there were
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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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Gangs and Juvenile Delinquency in the Hispanic Culture Abstract: There has been a rise in gang violence among the youth across the nation. There are also cruel and violent tendencies that the youth that are a part of this group. It is important to understand reasons why Hispanic youth are turning toward gangs. The influx of gang activity in the neighborhoods and schools has adversely affected the level of violence seen in communities across the nation. The rise in the Latino population in many
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something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from‚ everyone loves music.” This famous quote said by Billy Joel does a good job describing the way music can affect people. Different songs can impact people‚ change their moods‚ or bring back memories related to a certain tune. Each person‚ however‚ has their own unique taste in music; one song can be loved by one but hated by another‚ it all depends on our personal taste and what we can relate to. This made me wonder‚ what does the music
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How we Define Ourselves Americans come from many different backgrounds and nationalities. Of these Americans are different races and religions‚ which represent the United States today. With the amount of diverse people in the United States‚ not everyone agrees with allowing people of different races and religions to mix. Living with people of different cultures can have a major impact on peoples’ lives. People today define themselves and others by the way they look and the things they may do
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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 of a relationship
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Psychological Theories of Crime and Delinquency Marilyn Fishoff Long Island University In the article‚ “Psychological Theories of Crime and Delinquency‚” taken from‚ “The Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment‚” it attempts to understand the reasoning behind delinquent behavior. This is a topic that has interested human behaviorist for generations‚ because the concept is hard to comprehend. We all know that everyone has
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