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    Social Learning Theory: Key Figures: Montgomery‚ Rotter and Bandura Key Concepts: Individuals learn through observing others’ behavior‚ attitudes‚ and effects of those behaviors. Explanation of Disorder Personality: overly aggressive individuals (i.e. serial killers) Validity: When individuals observe others engaging in certain behaviors‚ it does not necessarily mean that they are learning that behavior. People need a good reason to want to learn behaviors through observation. Comprehensiveness:

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    Effects of Child Abuse on Juvenile Delinquency Tyshenia Gavin Virginia State University Dr. Hodgson Abstract This literature review explores existing literature and scholarship that outlines the effects of early child abuse (2-8 years old) on future acts of delinquency. Literature suggests that a correlation exists between the effects of child abuse and delinquency. Common problematic behaviors are socialization changes and learning abilities from early

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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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    Social Learning Theory Donald V. Daul University of Oshkosh Wisconsin Abstract Social learning theory is one of the most frequently looked at theories in criminology. Throughout this paper I will examine the basic premise as well as the main goals the theory tries to explain. I will also look at the validity and limitations associated with the social learning theory‚ through the use of peer reviewed articles. Finally I will describe the different policy applications that are contributed

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    Assessing Juvenile Delinquency in Trinidad and Tobago using Subcultural Theories Diane S Lewis University of the West Indies Abstract Devin Mills‚ a student I privately tutored‚ was gunned down while walking in Deigo Martin in January 2011‚ newspaper reports portrayed him as a typical lower-class male who got caught up in the wrong things and believed his murder was gang-related. I did not understand why everyone viewed him as such because to me‚ Devin was a sincere and compassionate young man

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    The Relationship Between Race and Juvenile Delinquency Four years now researcher in the fields of psychology sociology‚ genetics‚ and the juvenile justice system have contemplated the reason why some youth turn to delinquency and violence. To investigate the reasons‚ for some adolescents you would have to research on a case to case basis could fall into one category of multiple categories stemming‚ why they act the way they do and what cause these reactions. Some researchers may want to

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    eating disorders; failure to thrive; fear or shyness; fear of certain adults or places; frequent injuries; insomnia; learning problems; 2 lying; malnutrition; oppositionality; panic attacks; physical symptoms such as headaches and stomach aches; repeated self-injury; risky sexual behaviors; running away; self neglect; separation anxiety; sexual dysfunction; sleep disorders; social withdrawal; stealing; stuttering; substance abuse; suicide attempts; thumb sucking or any age inappropriate behavior;

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    recidivism but the social learning theories focus solely on social attributions. It’s not a question of teaching individual’s right from wrong but determining what social and environmental elements contribute to

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    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 and how it is measured. Lastly‚ we will touch on the prevention and treatment of delinquency. American juvenile justice can be traced back

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    The Social Learning Theory of Bandura emphasises the importance of observing and modelling the behaviours‚ attitudes and emotional reactions of others. The Social Learning Theory explains human behaviour in terms of continuous reciprocal interaction between cognitive‚ behavioural‚ an environmental influences‚ suggesting that behaviour can be learned at the cognitive level through observing other people ’s actions. (Blackburn‚ 1993) This suggests that people are capable of imagining themselves in

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