Juvenile Delinquency Essay
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Brutal, harsh, unforgiving, and relentless . . . the worst effect of poverty is not a tangible dirtiness, but a corruption of one’s very soul. Juvenile delinquency has always been a huge problem, but it has been especially evident in recent years as the juvenile crime rate increased exponentially to more than 1.3 million delinquency cases in just 2010. In 1999, the American public ranked crime as the most important problem facing the nation("Juveniles"). In 1994 there were only 78 youth court programs in operation, whereas in 2010 there were over 1,050 youth courts in operation ("Youth Courts"). The causes of juvenile delinquency are both economic and social. Some specific examples of these factors are bad housing, broken homes, parental negligence, boy and girl gangs, and other harsh neighborhood conditions. While social influences undeniably contribute to juvenile delinquency, it is the economic circumstances that contribute most to continued delinquent behavior amongst juveniles who are in consistent trouble with the law. Current solutions are either skill-based without appropriate support or highly punitive in nature; available resources would be better spent addressing the fundamental economic disparity of communities which primarily causes most of these problems.
There is an obvious and undeniable correlation between economic factors and juvenile crime. According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, a “longitudinal study on the causes and correlates of juvenile delinquency reaffirm the link between delinquency and poverty. Juveniles who are part of the “underclass” confront a “significantly greater risk of engaging in delinquent behavior irrespective of race and the quality of...
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... even willing to die for money, so in order to truly address this juvenile delinquency problem we cannot just address the surface level social issues,but must also, and perhaps more importantly, focus on the economic foundation that motivates juveniles to continue a path of crime. Economic problems are the only factors that contribute to social issues, but the resources being wasted on these corrections facilities and other ineffective socially addressing programs should be better spent on improving the economic situation of communities. About one-quarter of juveniles who offended at ages 16-17 also offended as adults at ages 18-19, therefore the growing urgency and importance to address juvenile justice is undeniable, because by addressing juvenile delinquency you are addressing crime in general (“Child Maltreatment & Juvenile Delinquency: Facts and Figures").
In this essay, the author
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is a corruption of one's soul. the causes are both economic and social, including bad housing, broken homes, parental negligence, boy and girl gangs, and harsh neighborhood conditions.
- Analyzes the correlation between economic factors and juvenile crime in the jack-roller, brothers in crime, and the natural history of a delinquent career.
- Explains that economic factors are often at the root of social problems, but the economic security of young people and their families should also be a priority.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is a corruption of one's soul. the causes are both economic and social, including bad housing, broken homes, parental negligence, boy and girl gangs, and harsh neighborhood conditions.
- Analyzes the correlation between economic factors and juvenile crime in the jack-roller, brothers in crime, and the natural history of a delinquent career.
- Explains that economic factors are often at the root of social problems, but the economic security of young people and their families should also be a priority.
- Explains why educational social youth programs addressing delinquency are ineffective because economic factors are at the root of these social problems.
- Argues that the government's feeble attempts at addressing the social factors in correctional facilities are ineffective and should be shifted towards economic solutions.
- Argues that the government should shift its approach from addressing social to economic factors in order to more effectively address juvenile delinquency.
- Recommends that the government implement a plan to address economic factors that contribute to juvenile delinquency.
- Argues that addressing juvenile delinquency and crime in general would be greatly decreased due to these solutions. economic gains are the main motivation for many actions throughout history.
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- Juvenile Delinquency Issuesexplanatory essayJuveniles commit acts that if committed by an adult would be criminally liable. Thus, juveniles who commit certain acts come within the area of responsibility of law enforcement officers. These lawbreakers are called delinquents in the jargon of criminal professional within the field. There are individuals that argue that the delinquency of juveniles up to the age fifteen are a problem for the police and welfare workers (Prettyman, E, B., 1961). However, this is based on individual opinion that may not be accurate in describing all juveniles within the justice system. Meaning that juveniles may be more problematic in the inner city due to higher police presence in comparison to individual who live in the suburbs or country. Nonetheless, despite the location of the delinquent, if one comes into contact with law enforcement either through being caught/reported for petty thievery or for more violent offenses such as murder, they will have will eventually be subjected to judicial
In this essay, the author
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is an issue in criminal law, and states that the federal government and state legislature revised state laws to make it easier to transfer, waiver, refer, remand, or certify juvenile offenders to the criminal court for trial and sentencing.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is a broad community problem of sociological concern in the united states.
- Explains that serious and violent juvenile (svj) offenders must commit one of the following violent offenses: homicide, aggravated assault, kidnapping, voluntary manslaughter, and rape.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is an issue in criminal law, and states that the federal government and state legislature revised state laws to make it easier to transfer, waiver, refer, remand, or certify juvenile offenders to the criminal court for trial and sentencing.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is a broad community problem of sociological concern in the united states.
- Explains that serious and violent juvenile (svj) offenders must commit one of the following violent offenses: homicide, aggravated assault, kidnapping, voluntary manslaughter, and rape.
- Explains that the federal government and state legislatures have revised state laws to aid in transferring, referring, and remanding juvenile offenders from juvenile court.
- Explains that only two studies have examined the length of prison time served by juveniles sentenced in a criminal court.
- Explains that transfer laws are seen as a way to deter juveniles, but studies show that criminal court processing produces higher recidivism rates.
1530 wordsRead More - What Are The Causes Of Juvenile Delinquencyanalytical essayIt is understood that there is no one single cause for juvenile delinquency. There are many factors involved, including biological, environmental, social, and punitive influences. Nathan Fisher acknowledges this in the article “Factors Leading to Bad Juvenile Behavior,” written for Demand Media. Recognizing that there is not a single issue related to why juveniles become offenders helps develop effective prevention and intervention techniques to address the issue of delinquency.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that there is no single cause for juvenile delinquency. there are many factors involved, including biological, environmental, social, and punitive influences. nathan fisher acknowledges this in his article "factors leading to bad juvenile behavior."
- Explains that fisher took an unbiased approach in his study of juvenile delinquency causes. his references and resources were valid and reliable, including the u.s. department of justice and the american association for marriage and family therapy.
- Explains that evidence has been seen to support fisher's points as contributing to causes of juvenile delinquency.
- Explains that there is no single cause for juvenile delinquency. there are many factors involved, including biological, environmental, social, and punitive influences. nathan fisher acknowledges this in his article "factors leading to bad juvenile behavior."
- Explains that fisher took an unbiased approach in his study of juvenile delinquency causes. his references and resources were valid and reliable, including the u.s. department of justice and the american association for marriage and family therapy.
- Explains that evidence has been seen to support fisher's points as contributing to causes of juvenile delinquency.
- Explains that biological influence is the first factor addressed by fisher. children who exhibit anti-social behaviors, slow cognitive growth, abnormal emotional development, and/or attention hyperactivity disorder are at a higher risk for juvenile delinquency.
- Explains that nathan fisher considers punitive factors when weighing causes of juvenile delinquency.
- Analyzes how fisher hits at the social ecology theory and anomie theory in his final sentence on the topic of environmental factors.
- Analyzes how fisher describes the social learning theory. children are influenced in a negative way by their peers or poor role models. criminal behavior is learned in small groups or by watching others.
- Analyzes how nathan fisher explained the various factors that lead to juvenile delinquency in an unbiased and accurate way.
854 wordsRead More - The Cause Of Juvenile Delinquencyexplanatory essayMany in the juvenile justice field have tried to understand the cause of juvenile delinquency. There are many different theories describe the cause and effect of variables and how they react. However, through much research, we have concluded there is not just one single path or journey that determines the fate of the juvenile. There are many different risk factors that build in order to increase a youth's chance of becoming an offender. This is kind of like a domino effect. Risk factors are described as the characteristics that present themselves to determine if the individual or youth will become a delinquent. These factors may include; home life, income status, gender, and social. It can either be one or all that play a part in the way the
In this essay, the author
- Explains that many theories describe the cause and effect of variables and how they react. there are many different risk factors that build in order to increase a youth's chance of becoming an offender.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is defined or contribute based on several risk factors. status offenses are unlawful because of the offender's age.
- Explains that the juvenile justice system is a means to reform the youth.
- Explains that many theories describe the cause and effect of variables and how they react. there are many different risk factors that build in order to increase a youth's chance of becoming an offender.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is defined or contribute based on several risk factors. status offenses are unlawful because of the offender's age.
- Explains that the juvenile justice system is a means to reform the youth.
- Explains how the juvenile justice system wants to help juveniles realize their mistakes and turn their lives around.
- Quotes kurt kumli, who is the supervising deputy district attorney for the juvenile division of the santa clara county district attorney's office.
1306 wordsRead More - Juvenile Crimeexplanatory essayThere has always been alarm and despair over escalating juvenile crime. In the 1950s there were reports about the mushrooming problems with youthful gangs in the big cities. In the 1960s we began to hear about a surge of juvenile crime in areas that had been regarded as virtually crime free. In the suburbs as well as the inner cities, youngsters were dropping out of school, using drugs and committing crimes. In the 1970s and 1980s, juvenile court dockets became increasingly jammed with criminal cases. According to the Department of Justice, the percentage increases in arrests from 1985 to 1994 have been greater for juveniles than for adults. During 1994 alone, 2.7 million juveniles were arrested. During the latter part of this century, juvenile courts that customarily provided social services in order to rehabilitate rather than punish lawbreakers were faced with an onslaught of children who were not simply wayward youths, but hardened repeat offenders. The 1980s witnessed an increasingly desperate outcry for courts to take more extreme measures to contain juvenile crime, which is assuming ever more serious forms.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that there has always been alarm and despair over escalating juvenile crime. in the 1950s, there were reports about the mushrooming problems with youthful gangs in the big cities.
- Opines that a child 6 years old is not criminally responsible and cannot form the intent to kill that is necessary for criminal prosecutions.
- Explains that juveniles are affected by poverty, family breakdowns, neglect, alcoholism, and poor education. delinquent behavior is a neglected child's attempt to compensate for attention that he did not receive.
- Explains that there has always been alarm and despair over escalating juvenile crime. in the 1950s, there were reports about the mushrooming problems with youthful gangs in the big cities.
- Opines that a child 6 years old is not criminally responsible and cannot form the intent to kill that is necessary for criminal prosecutions.
- Explains that juveniles are affected by poverty, family breakdowns, neglect, alcoholism, and poor education. delinquent behavior is a neglected child's attempt to compensate for attention that he did not receive.
- Explains that children who are in a gang are at risk. even youngsters who suddenly start getting bad grades could be prone to violence. numerous studies have been performed.
- Explains that environment can affect behavior, but it can be less crucial than the choice the individual makes as they respond to the environment.
- States that butts, jeffrey a., ph.d. (1996), delinquency cases in juvenile courts. ojjdp fact sheet.
- Cites commissioner sharron kelley's white paper on youth, violence, the schools and the county toward a comprehensive, long-term approach.
- Opines that it is not sufficient to blame poverty, the 1960’s, drugs, uncaring parents, short-sighted social programs, misguided justice programs for juvenile crimes.
- Explains that environment isn't irrelevant, and external factors can inhibit or facilitate a person's inclination to break the law. gun homicides by juveniles have nearly tripled.
- Cites eron, l.d, gentry, j.h., and schlegel, p. (1995). reason to hope: a psychological perspective on violence and youth.
- Cites loper, cornell, and sickmund, as well as the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that youth who report inadequate or strained peer relations are the ones most likely to become delinquents.
- Explains that delinquents lack social skills to make peer relations fulfilling or rewarding. they seek like-minded peers for this type of association.
- Explains that kids who fall in a bad crowd are at risk of becoming delinquent no matter their personal supervision at home.
- Explains that youth who report inadequate or strained peer relations are the ones most likely to become delinquents.
- Explains that delinquents lack social skills to make peer relations fulfilling or rewarding. they seek like-minded peers for this type of association.
- Explains that kids who fall in a bad crowd are at risk of becoming delinquent no matter their personal supervision at home.
- Explains that deviant peers don't cause straight kids to go bad, but they amplify the likelihood of troubled kids getting involved in antisocial behaviors.
- Explains that troubled children choose their peers out of necessity not desire. they come from stressed homes, have emotional problems, and struggle in school.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is a local problem happening in our cities today.
- Explains that gang members commit more crimes than any other youth, and that school shootings have helped focus more attention on school crime.
1002 wordsRead More - Juvenile Delinquencyanalytical essayJuvenile delinquency is a problem that affects society as a whole. Understanding Juvenile delinquency is important because it is part of trying to figure out how people in American society should react to it; specifically, in terms of law enforcement officers, their agencies, and State legislators. When deviant behavior becomes "continuous, chronic and widespread it gets perceived as a significant part of the population as threatening to the general well-being of society" (Thompson and Bynum, 2010, p. 44). This is a societal problem that requires attention from various forms of social control. However, a lot of the burden is absorbed by an imperfect Juvenile Justice System. As time has passed, argument has ensued over what should be done with the Juvenile Court System. Should the court system be reformed or simply abolished? Barry C. Feld believes that there are enough factors to support the abolishment of the Juvenile Court System and supports an integrated approach (Hickey, 2010). Others, like Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg, believe that the transfer of kids "into adult court is unnecessary, harmful and racist" (Kelly, 2010, Lecture Unit 3). While reforming the system may seem like the best idea, there are certain factors that inhibit proper changes from being made. Creating a separate court system for juveniles has caused a number of consequences for youth.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that juvenile delinquency affects society as a whole. it requires attention from various forms of social control, but an imperfect juvenile justice system absorbs the burden.
- Explains that the original concept behind the juvenile court system was an emphasis on rehabilitation rather than punishment. the dichotomies of "treatment-punishment" and "child-adult" have been skewed.
- Argues that juvenile courts lack resources to provide social welfare for children because the responsibility of providing child welfare does not rest solely on the juvenile court.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency affects society as a whole. it requires attention from various forms of social control, but an imperfect juvenile justice system absorbs the burden.
- Explains that the original concept behind the juvenile court system was an emphasis on rehabilitation rather than punishment. the dichotomies of "treatment-punishment" and "child-adult" have been skewed.
- Argues that juvenile courts lack resources to provide social welfare for children because the responsibility of providing child welfare does not rest solely on the juvenile court.
- Analyzes how gerald gault challenged the juvenile code of arizona for lack of constitutionality. the supreme court granted some changes in rights but not all.
- Opines that juvenile courts lack conception and combine social welfare with state coercion, resulting in mediocre functionality at best.
- Asks whether feld is correct in his belief that the creation of a separate juvenile court system has led to unanticipated negative consequences for both children and justice.
- Explains thompson, w. e., and bynum, j.e. juvenile delinquency: a sociological approach.
- Cites fortas' opinion of the court supreme court of the united states: 387 u.s.
1498 wordsRead More - Delinquency in the White Middle-Class Youth of Americaanalytical essayAcross the wide body of studies delving into delinquency in America, it is easy to locate research on and analysis of minorities, underprivileged socioeconomic urban centers, and turbulent family structures. However, this leaves a significant section of the delinquent population largely neglected: white middle-class youth. Contrary to the factors shown to affect delinquency in others and the applications of theory applied to them, the issues plaguing this particular portion of adolescents are in many cases entirely unique, suggesting the necessity of a more nuanced approach from angles that have up until fairly recently remained unexplored.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that delinquency in america is largely neglected by studies on minorities, underprivileged socioeconomic urban centers, and turbulent family structures. the issues plaguing this particular portion of adolescents are in many cases entirely unique.
- Explains that currie conducted a study in 2000 to 2002, funded by the u.s. department of health and human services, that looked into the lives of adolescents undergoing treatment for substance abuse.
- Analyzes how currie's candid and simple writing style makes the book easy for the reader to connect with as vivid descriptions of addicted lifestyles and negligent treatment bring to life an array of societal ailments.
- Argues that delinquency in america is largely neglected by studies on minorities, underprivileged socioeconomic urban centers, and turbulent family structures. the issues plaguing this particular portion of adolescents are in many cases entirely unique.
- Explains that currie conducted a study in 2000 to 2002, funded by the u.s. department of health and human services, that looked into the lives of adolescents undergoing treatment for substance abuse.
- Analyzes how currie's candid and simple writing style makes the book easy for the reader to connect with as vivid descriptions of addicted lifestyles and negligent treatment bring to life an array of societal ailments.
- Explains currie, elliot, the road to whatever: middle-class culture and the crisis of adolescence.
- Analyzes how currie seeks to explore causes for delinquency among white middle-class american youth, analyze methods of absolution, and suggest policy and community changes that may serve to help this often-overlooked demographic.
- Analyzes how currie outlines the gradual slide from conformity to offending brought about by increasing apathy, attributed to the culture surrounding white middle-class adolescents.
- Analyzes currie's supposition that the "whatever" culture of apathy on the rise in white middle-class youth eases them into delinquency.
- Cites lerman, paul, and skyes, gresham m. and david matza in "techniques of neutralization: a theory of delinquency."
1165 wordsRead More - Juvenile Delinquencyanalytical essayAs stated by Bartol and Bartol “Juvenile delinquency is an imprecise, nebulous, social, clinical, and legal label for a wide variety of law- and norm-violating behavior” (2011, Pg 139). The juvenile delinquency term has come to imply disgrace in today's correctional institution. Our government is up hold to procedures and expected to come with a solution to solving the delinquent problem. An underage offender can be labeled a delinquent for breaking any number of laws, ranging from robbery to running away from home, and especially being involved in school violence. The following situations faced by correction officials when dealing with juvenile delinquents will be examined. Three main areas (child development, punishments, and deterrence tactics) will be briefly analyzed to give adequate explanation of the issue.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is an imprecise, nebulous, social, clinical, and legal label for a wide variety of law- and norm-violating behavior.
- Explains that child development is where intervention for juvenile delinquency may be enforced. parents must learn to teach family conflict intervention, management problems, favorable parental attitudes, and involvement in problem behaviors.
- Explains that juvenile justice system defines three categories of offenders: dependent, neglected, and delinquent.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is an imprecise, nebulous, social, clinical, and legal label for a wide variety of law- and norm-violating behavior.
- Explains that child development is where intervention for juvenile delinquency may be enforced. parents must learn to teach family conflict intervention, management problems, favorable parental attitudes, and involvement in problem behaviors.
- Explains that juvenile justice system defines three categories of offenders: dependent, neglected, and delinquent.
- Describes the five categories of juvenile delinquents: first offender and unconditional release, non-residential community alternatives, community based secure detention, state-operated facilities, and closed secured institutions.
- Argues that deterrence is the only tool available to correction officials when dealing with juvenile delinquents.
- Opines that the problem of juvenile delinquency can be prevented during child development, and that correction officials should be involved in the decision process of punishment and deterrence tactics.
- Cites baker, f, bartol, c. r., myers, d. l. and michael, a.
1475 wordsRead More - Juvenile Court System Analysisanalytical essayIn this modern era, human beings are confronted by a society that has become more mobile, more complex and more dysfunctional. Theft, suicide and murder are common problems usually addressed in the juvenile court system (Bernard, 2012). The causes and conditions of youth delinquency are often obvious: truancy, poverty, gangs and drug abuse are among the leading factors that drive the youth to delinquency. In the quest to provide an effective justice system, the system has to be grounded in the values of fairness, rehabilitation and redemption. As a result, the system should be able to make a clear difference between adults and the youth, and should ensure the proper treatment of youth in regard to their age. This forms the very reason why the juvenile court system was created-because the emotional, developmental and behavioral nature of the youth is different from the adults (Butts, 2002). Unfortunately, the juvenile court system in society has been broken- there is mistreatment of the young people in this system and sadly, not much is being done about it.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that the juvenile court system in hinesville is broken due to the emotional, developmental, and behavioral nature of the youth.
- Argues that the juvenile court system in hinesville is broken due to the emotional, developmental, and behavioral nature of the youth.
212 wordsRead More - The And Prevention Of Juvenile Delinquencyexplanatory essayIn today’s America, Juvenile Delinquency might not be at an all time high but is still a very staggering and concerning when it comes to statistics. In 2012, there were 3,941 arrests for every 100,000 youths, from the ages of 10 through 17, as opposed to 9,500 in 1995 (OJJDP). Although there was been a 41% decrease in arrests, these numbers and statistics are always fluctuating year to year. There is a saying by, George Gordon Byron that “History, with all her volumes vast, hath but one page”, referring to history always repeating its self. If this statement holds true today’s society will have a complex, difficult, and tasking burden of juvenile delinquents who will become adult criminals. A community, in which juvenile delinquents exist, must have the proper tools and programs to help divert youth from taking the wrong paths in life that will eventually lead to a doomed society. Furthermore, taking the time to understand the cause of delinquency is a crucial element in its prevention.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is a staggering and concerning statistic in the united states today.
- Explains that the history of juvenile justice in the united states began during the colonial period.
- Explains that due to changing demographics, the government created the juvenile delinquency system. the creators wanted a system that was more in accordance with "due process of law."
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is a staggering and concerning statistic in the united states today.
- Explains that the history of juvenile justice in the united states began during the colonial period.
- Explains that due to changing demographics, the government created the juvenile delinquency system. the creators wanted a system that was more in accordance with "due process of law."
- Explains that the earliest reformatory refuge was built in 1825 and was called the new york hoses of refuge. it wasn't until 1893 that individual states started setting up rehabilitating centers.
- Explains that the supreme court ruled that it was paramount for the juvenile courts to use due process and enticed states to draft and create plans that would deter juvenile delinquency.
- Explains that the juvenile delinquency prevention and control act 1968 was passed, which was later strengthened by ojjdp.
- Explains that the next step is to examine the stakeholders involved in delinquency. the first stakeholder is the youth that commit crimes.
- Explains that the guardian has the primary responsibility of making sure that their children don't commit crimes. the state should only have to implement action if the juvenile has become a threat to the community.
- Argues that community safety is a reasonable reason to implement community-based correctional programs.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency stakeholders are confronted with many issues, including juvenile placement in criminal actions. the dilemma is whether the crime juvenile commit dictates that they ought to receive the type punishment as their adult counterpart.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is related to the harshness of the offense the juvenile commit. status offenses are violations such as non-attendance, drinking, runaways, and uncontrollable behavior.
1135 wordsRead More - Juvenile Delinquency Case Studyopinion essaySocieties interest in fighting juvenile’s recidivism is positive and rewarding to benefit of the community. Therefore, community safety is an reasonable reason to implement community based programs. “Studies have shown that many community -based correctional programs reduce recidivism and are less expensive than confinement” (Bartollas & Miller, 2008, p.210).Also, communities had the sense that firm action is paramount to divert juvenile offenders from committing crime. “Some advocates believed childhood intervention programs were having an impact on future juvenile delinquency and criminality rates” (Zigler, Edward, & Taussig,
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the next step is to examine the stakeholders involved in delinquency. the first stakeholder is the youth that commit crimes.
- Explains that the guardian has the primary responsibility of making sure that their children don't commit crimes. the state should only have to implement action if the juvenile has become a threat to the community.
- Argues that community safety is a reasonable reason to implement community-based correctional programs.
- Explains that the next step is to examine the stakeholders involved in delinquency. the first stakeholder is the youth that commit crimes.
- Explains that the guardian has the primary responsibility of making sure that their children don't commit crimes. the state should only have to implement action if the juvenile has become a threat to the community.
- Argues that community safety is a reasonable reason to implement community-based correctional programs.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency stakeholders are confronted with many issues, including juvenile placement in criminal actions. the dilemma is whether the crime juvenile commit dictates that they ought to receive the type punishment as their adult counterpart.
- Explains that juvenile delinquency is related to the harshness of the offense the juvenile commit. status offenses are violations such as non-attendance, drinking, runaways, and uncontrollable behavior.
- Opines that after-school activities or sport can reduce juvenile delinquency by a large amount, but this type of prevention would require parent's involvement.
- Opines that parental guidance and a firm foundation in the home are the best approaches to stop delinquency. however, guardians aren't always capable of providing the essential guidance to their kids.
- Explains that maury nation and other devise programs to spread effective prevention strategies. they found that effective programs included teaching, positive role model, and informed planning and implementation of problem-specific prevention interventions programs.
- Argues that schooling and community participation should be major strategies in order to assist prevention of juvenile delinquency.
- Opines that future prevention and intervention in juvenile justice will depend on those involved in the system. probation and correction will need ways to encourage the child to find alternative ways of using their energy.
- Opines that the juvenile justice system, especially the correctional agencies, must offer guidelines to help juveniles expand. the detention center of the future should be more conductive to a youth community surrounding.
- Opines that if all the above mentioned actions are taken, and the youth fall short to participate, the process will be a failure. guardians need to learn how to deal with their time to be more effective.
- Concludes that society will have to deal with the complex burden of juvenile delinquents, who may eventually become adult criminals.
1188 wordsRead More - Purposes: This study intends to use the perspective of three criminal theories: Social disorganization, Differential association and labeling theory to understand and eventually address the issues surrounding education, socioeconomic status and social dilemmas in respect to incarceration amongst juveniles. Specifically, the study intends to answer the following research questions: Does education, socioeconomic status and social dilemmas affect incarceration among Juveniles in America? How can education, socioeconomic status and social problems decrease the rate of incarceration among Juveniles in America? What are some environmental factors that predetermine criminal outcome amongst juveniles? Many questions, theories and researcher are generated in order to tackle an issue of this magnitude. The raw data that one uses to conceptualize may prevent a strong conviction when presenting this type of data amongst a broad spectrum. The intentions of ones study should solely focus on the prevention process rather than just presenting factual material to its audience. Stereotypes, pigeonholes and over-generalizations should be address. Misrepresentation amongst the minority group tends to produce a more compelling statistic. "Adult offenders often begin their criminal careers as children with little hope and little help" (Comey, 2005, p. 12) This research will try and find pre-indicators that will help solve the juvenile delinquency rate.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the study uses social disorganization, differential association and labeling theory to understand and address the issues surrounding education, socioeconomic status, and social dilemmas in regard to incarceration amongst juveniles.
- Analyzes how education, economic status, and social problems affect incarceration among juveniles in america.
- Argues that social disorganization theory and the evidence cited as support for this type of theory generated considerable criticism.
- Explains that the study uses social disorganization, differential association and labeling theory to understand and address the issues surrounding education, socioeconomic status, and social dilemmas in regard to incarceration amongst juveniles.
- Analyzes how education, economic status, and social problems affect incarceration among juveniles in america.
- Argues that social disorganization theory and the evidence cited as support for this type of theory generated considerable criticism.
- Explains southerland's differential association theory, which focuses on the processes by which persons approach to consign criminal acts illegal behavior is learned.
- Explains that the differential-association theory applies to many types of deviant behavior, such as juvenile gangs, which lionize violence, vengeance, and crime as worth to accomplishing social prestige.
- Explains that the role of education and school is interchangeable. the relationship between iq and delinquency may cause some unrest at the schools.
- Analyzes the correlation between the school-to-prison pipeline and over-utilizing the criminal system to handle student disciplinary matters.
- Explains that the average socioeconomic status of african-american males has deteriorated over the past thirty years.
- Explains that having insufficient capital and limited access to accessible possessions can negatively affect families' pronouncements regarding their young children's growth and learning.
- Explains that america has many social problems, such as incarceration, and minority status. harkreader and weathersby found its influence much less than economic factors.
- Explains that winters, c. a., learning disabilities, crime delinquency, and special education placement. adolescence, 32(126), 451+.
- Explains that socioeconomic status, parenting, and child development: the hollingshead four-factor index of social status.
- Cites raphael, steven, and spence, ralph b., "the socioeconomic status of black males: the increasing import of incarceration."
2603 wordsRead More - The Most Prevalent Causes of Juvenile Delinquencyexplanatory essayJuvenile delinquency is a problem these days, despite a recent drop in arrests. Roughly 2.5 million juveniles are arrested every year for different crimes in America. About 100,000 of those are violent crimes, however those statistics are slightly inaccurate since only half of juvenile crimes are reported (Juvenile Justice Basic Statistics, 2011). Creating interventions to assist at-risk youth means preventing them from starting on a path to crime is a priority. Juvenile justice system researchers and professionals must gain a better understanding of the contributing elements that cause delinquent behavior.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that juvenile delinquency is a problem in america, despite recent drop in arrests. creating interventions to assist at-risk youth means preventing them from starting on the path to crime.
- Explains that the study seeks to determine the most prevalent causes among the criminal population that induce a propensity for criminal behavior. strong causal designs of intervention programs can risk unsuccessful or uncertain program outcomes.
- Defines delinquency as self-reporting for the frequency of committing certain actions within a six month period. the causal factors are attention deficit and impulsivity problems, depression and mood, academic achievement, and parental supervision.
- Opines that juvenile delinquency is a problem in america, despite recent drop in arrests. creating interventions to assist at-risk youth means preventing them from starting on the path to crime.
- Explains that the study seeks to determine the most prevalent causes among the criminal population that induce a propensity for criminal behavior. strong causal designs of intervention programs can risk unsuccessful or uncertain program outcomes.
- Defines delinquency as self-reporting for the frequency of committing certain actions within a six month period. the causal factors are attention deficit and impulsivity problems, depression and mood, academic achievement, and parental supervision.
- Explains that recruiting will take place on campus at schools throughout a major american city. interviewers provide numbers to be contacted while recruiting, with the permission of schools, and offered $40 for participating in the study.
- Explains that interviews will be conducted at the home of participants after school, with interviewers going to the homes to conduct research. the interviewer will use temporal cues to help participants recall events and frequencies.
- Explains that interviewers will ask both the student and guardian four questions focusing on parental supervision. they will be rated on a scale of 0-3 based on frequency.
- Explains that multivariate regression analysis is used by studies investigating potential for juvenile delinquency because it allows the researcher to determine the connection with independent variables that serve as predictive or causal factors, along with dependent variables.
- Opines that the study will help gain insight and understanding of the ways that specific factors influence various types of violent and nonviolent delinquency.
1172 wordsRead More - America's Juvenile Justice Systemanalytical essayStudies and anecdotes have shown that our modern approach, however, is ill-equipped to reduce crime or deal with chronic delinquents while at the same time protecting their due liberties. We now stand on the precipice of decision: How can we strike an appropriate balance in the juvenile justice system? Should we even retain a separate system for children at all? The answers are usually difficult, sometimes subtle, but always possible to attain.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the juvenile justice system, since its conception over a century ago, has been one at conflict with itself.
- Opines that our modern approach is ill-equipped to reduce crime or deal with chronic delinquents while at the same time protecting their due liberties.
- Analyzes the different theoretical issues pertaining to the modern juvenile court, determines their origin, and suggests a course of action for resolving these issues.
- Explains that the juvenile justice system, since its conception over a century ago, has been one at conflict with itself.
- Opines that our modern approach is ill-equipped to reduce crime or deal with chronic delinquents while at the same time protecting their due liberties.
- Analyzes the different theoretical issues pertaining to the modern juvenile court, determines their origin, and suggests a course of action for resolving these issues.
- Explains that colonial american children were perceived to be small adults, able to interact with grown-ups and participate in mature society. they were placed in the homes of others or, as technology enabled the industrial revolution, in factories and other locations of modern industry.
- Analyzes how the 'child saving' movement worked to segregate children from society both directly and indirectly based on middle class, protestant, white, rural idealists who viewed childhood as a stage of moral immaturity and impressionability.
- Analyzes how the progressives formed the first juvenile court in chicago in 1899, creating a formal age-based distinction between juvenile and adult offenders and their institutional separation.
- Explains that the progressives' concept, known as parens patriae, gave the court broad authority to substitute its own control over children for that of the natural parents when the latter appeared unable or unwilling to meet their responsibilities.
- Explains that hearings were closed and juvenile records were sealed. euphemisms are used for every step of the process, such as juvenile offenders being referred to as 'delinquents'
- Explains that early juvenile court, by its very nature, was a highly informal system of paternal justice. due process was unnecessary because the interests of the child and the judge were seen as mutual.
- Explains that a lack of due process made some punishments wildly inappropriate. in re gault, the supreme court mandated that all juveniles have the right to most forms
- Analyzes how gault, along with a series of related decisions, formed the warren court revolution that afforded numerous protections and forms of due process to juveniles.
- Analyzes humes' book on the need for an adversarial system. both the defense and the prosecution are obliged to take extreme positions.
- Analyzes how judge dorn is presented with a kid who hit the school bully over the head for tormenting him repeatedly. the child's public defender refuses to let him plead guilty.
- Analyzes how the situation is exacerbated when lawyers are lazy or incompetent or the juvenile decides to waive counsel altogether — something that is possible even without parental consent.
- Explains that in mckeiver v. pennsylvania, the rehabilitative nature of courts allowed this portion of a juvenile's due process to be waived because children were not subject to punishment for their offenses but rather treatment.
- Analyzes how judges, as feld demonstrates, are more likely to find suspects guilty, whereas substantive criminal guilt represents a complex social assessment of moral culpability and legal guilt.
- Explains that two short years after the creation of the first juvenile court, its jurisdiction was expanded to include youth who were?incorrigible? or growing up in 'idleness.
- Argues that allowing for status offense statutes creates numerous problems, including inconsistencies and discrimination.
- Explains that three post-gault reforms changed status offenses in america during the 1970?s. diversion conserved valuable resources and skirted the due process problem by allowing nuisance cases to be handled informally through alternative means.
- Analyzes how judge dorn terrorizes the public defender's office by opening his court to parents of status offender youth. he calls these meetings the juvenile system?s best chance to help families.
- Analyzes how the court operated on a pretense of rehabilitation that rationalized its lack of due process in the gault decision.
- Explains that many states have changed their juvenile codes' statement of legislative purpose from suggestions of rehabilitation to those of accountability and punishment. this overt change stems from a complex?get tough? social movement that has been at work since the 1980s.
- Explains that in order to mollify public fears of older, dangerous juveniles, policy makers brought retributive, adult punishment into the purview of the juvenile court. mandatory sentencing laws are one such manifestation.
- Opines that stricter sentencing guidelines lead to racial and class-based discrimination. rehabilitation is difficult without considering the structural condition of a juvenile's situation.
- Explains that juvenile justice waiver laws were changed to decrease judges' discretion and pull more youth into the adult criminal system based on retribution and tough sentencing.
- Analyzes humes' case of john sloan before judge dorn, where a good middle-class kid with no prior criminal record is caught in an inept attempt to rob the man at gunpoint
- Analyzes how george trevino, abandoned at age six by his parents, commits crime after crime without serious punishment until he is caught in a botched home robbery attempt where the only person hurt is an accomplice.
- Argues that stopping juvenile crime early through preventative programming is important when reforming the juvenile justice system.
- Proposes that individual communities develop concise statutes to identify chronic truancy or curfew violators as?at-risk? youth.
- Opines that if a judge determines youth to be at-risk, he could place them into programs similar to the children at risk program to encourage school attendance, provide familial crisis relief and other services.
- Argues that the approach based on objective measurements related to the risk youth pose to a community would pass the strict scrutiny found in other areas such as curfew regulations.
- Analyzes hirschi and gottfredson's ridiculous assertion that if people can be excused from the penalties of the law because they have low self-control, we would be forced by the same logic to excuse adult offenders.
- Suggests that the focus should shift from rehabilitation and preventative programming to deterrence and retribution after growing up as a chronic offender.
- Analyzes dawson's argument that a wholesale merger of the adult and juvenile systems would result in net decrease in the resources now devoted to the two systems combined.
- Opines that removing older youth from the system would further concentrate our thin resources and focus them on those who may still be malleable to reformation.
- Argues that if only 1% of older offenders are waived, this problem will be mitigated.
- Argues that drawing one line is the only way to avoid the problems associated with waiver laws that provide too much discretion that lends itself to discrimination and to provide consistency.
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