Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Delinquency By Vivian Delgado Professor Lefkowitz Core IV: Global Issues April 23, 2003 Table of Contents I. Juvenile Delinquency A. ... Causes of Juvenile Delinquency A. ... Solutions to Juvenile Delinquency A. ... Delgado 1 According to the author Sanders, the definition of delinquency is “defined by acts, the detection of which is thought to result in punishment of the person committing them by agents of the larger society” (Sanders, 47). ... In order to discuss solution to the problem of juvenile delinquency we must first explore the causes for this problem. ... These debates still go on and on, today as to what is the real cause of juvenile delinquency. ... If nature is the source of personality traits, delinquents are born badly and medicine is the answer to the problem in juvenile delinquency. ... In early attempts to explain delinquency which dealt with biological and psychological factors, this was all trying to explain crime and delinquency due to the lack of or imbalance in an individual who engages in this behavior. ... On of the first theories according to Hirchi that looked at problems in social conditions in delinquency is and comes from structural frustration. The home of the delinquent seemed promising in explaining delinquency. The amount of delinquency caused by broken homes is not specified but it is said that unstable homes create juvenile delinquents. ... They matched pairs of delinquents and non-delinquents and they based their studies on the pairs juvenile records. Courts have a major say in the juvenile cases, therefore they say that the home has to be studies and investigated to come to a decision in or on the case. ... A study by Cloward and Ohlin emphasizes its theory on the structural conditions that lead to lower class gang delinquency, but also explaining the development of other delinquent subcultures. ... Another recommendation Would be to have or set up more activities for juvenile so that they occupy their time with after school activities and not go home to an empty house. ... Three is how the exposure to criminal behavior will lead the juvenile to engage in criminal activities. Forth, the intensity of the association is whether the juvenile has close or casual ties with them which will enable the juvenile to break away or adapt further in the association. ... This theory deals with that of generalizing that certain juvenile are of certain characteristics. ... nurture debate another debate is taken in order to find solution to rehabilitate juvenile delinquents. ... The question is that many ask, at least in my opinion, is if a juvenile is borne with this sickness, which deals with nature or is it a result of bad choices one makes in early life or by parents which is nurture? Children who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are one of the leading physical explanations for delinquency. ... The attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is important in juvenile delinquency because this disorder contributes to the severity and persistence of substance abuse and antisocial behaviors. ... From my reading it said that “many thought juvenile delinquency should be referred to as Juvenile P. Delinquency, with the P referring to parental” (www. ... Parents need to be reasonable, to help guard their children from juvenile delinquency. ... In conclusion, I feel that juvenile delinquency is a serious problem we have these days, also adding that it is becoming if it has not already become costly in personal happiness and social resources, and the fact that it is increasing makes it harder. ... Delgado 13 Summary Juvenile delinquency is not a simple matter of breaking laws, but it is a matter of fact that we must deal with in our daily lives. In order to comprehend juvenile delinquency, we as society must deal not only with statues that spell out what is legally delinquent behavior, but we as society need to deal with the social context of the delinquent behavior. Then when we as society identify the patterns of delinquency, we might find many kinds of ways and ideas depending on what information we have available to us. ... For this theories were thought of and explain why there is juvenile delinquency. The structural frustration theory explains and expresses patterns of delinquency but not the actions or sociolegal process. The Subcultural theory and Conflict theory explain and express patterns of delinquency but not the social-psychological process. ... And the Goffman’s theory explains and expresses primary deviance, patterns of juvenile delinquency and social psychological process on why a person, in this case a juvenile, is attracted to delinquent behavior.