Juvenile Delinqunecy

Juvenile Delinquency is defined as the actions of illegal activities committed by minors and it has been on the rise for many years. Children and Adolescents who commit crimes at an early age are prone to have been exposed to a risk factor that has influenced their decision to perform youth crimes. A risk factor is characterized by variables or hazards that if presented to an individual they would most likely develop a disorder and in this case, juvenile delinquency. Children and teenagers are young which means they are easily influenced by what happens around them. If a minor grows up in an environment that offers negative impacts they would most likely grow up behaving the same way because that was how life was for them. There are hundreds of risk factors that if presented to a minor they would be at risk for juvenile delinquency but in this case the leading causes of youth offending would be academic failure and family difficulties.

Children and adolescents who do not do well in school have higher chances of becoming a juvenile delinquent. From getting bad grades to dropping out of school can cause a juvenile to have a lack of social skills which can stimulate a student's ability to act out on crime. According to Legislative Analyst’s Office or LAO, which is a nonpartisan government agency which has conducted studies that shows that, “Poor academic performance, poor attendance, and more likely, expulsion is an important factor for predicting future criminal behavior.” (LAO) LAO’s studies

implies that students who do not do well in school and those who do not attend school on a regular basis are prone to become juvenile delinquents in the future. Having said that, children who have poor academic aspects are at risk for futu...

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...nt path. With that being said, weak parent-child activity are related to family dilemmas which is prone to be a strong predictor for general offending. Furthermore, K. M. Banham Bridges, an assistant psychologist at Canadian National Committee for Mental Hygiene, found that, “Delinquent and immoral parents always have delinquent children. The children may lose respect and affection for their parents to resist their influences or the power of their suggestion.”(Bridges). Bridges book explains that children who are raised in an environment where they have delinquent parents are more likely to become a delinquent child. She also mentions that children that have delinquent parents grow up being rebellious to their parents commands which a sign of future delinquency. As a result, children who are raised in corrupted environments is a major risk factor for youth crime.