Qualitative Case Study

Donges, William E. "A Qualitative Case Study: The Lived Educational Experiences of Former Juvenile Delinquents." The Qualitative Report 20.7 (2015): 1009-28. ProQuest. Web. 6 Oct. 2017.

William E, Donges shows within his research on how important it is to identify and distinguish the impacts of juvenile delinquency. The research elaborated on qualitative research that is focused upon understanding these behaviors and impacts that come upon delinquents. In the late seventies (1977), a man named Albert Bandura proposed that “learning occurs through observational experiences”, meaning that behavior is learnt from looking and observing others as they grow, those behaviors then attach themselves to their mental being and contribute on their

Kids themselves grow on learning and seeing things surrounding them, and if one adult, friend or acquaintance were to show such negative actions, then a child will observe and take upon these behaviors and these experiences will then stay with them as they grow and be used upon situations depending on their problem. Traumatic events can cause a child to mentally break down and cause them to make irrational decisions and choose choices upon delinquent reasons. In many reasons, Juvenile Delinquency is not only a solo act but can be a group act. Individuals who had no one growing up… and they only looked upon their friends and older role models to lead them are tend to stay with those who are their to aid them, whether they be a good role model or a gang leader and etc. Children all in hand and same with humans fear to be alone, and being within a group that can back them up, makes them feel not isolated anymore but wanted. That’s why many kids and youth look upon adults, and if that don’t have that figure that will guide them in the right path, they tend to look upon somewhere else. The “National Institute of Justice MCCord and Conway” says, “Suggested evidence indicates that while research in juvenile delinquency tended to focus on a single actor, crimes committed with one or more co-actors represented the largest proportion of criminal acts”. The question itself is asked, “do negative peer relations lead to delinquent behaviors or do delinquent behaviors lead to negative peer relationships”? It could be both, because on elaborating upon the observation of a child growing up and seeing certain behaviors, or a traumatic event can cause child to go rebellion, or for those who have looked up upon certain friends and peers, and had no one else can lead them to do