juvinile delinquency
Topic: Media
Research Question: Is there a real connection between hip hop culture and juvenile delinquency in adolescents?
Hypothesis: The more young adults are exposed to explicit hip hop culture the more likely they are to be influenced and practice what the lyrics in the song preach.
Many sociologists wonder what have influenced such negative behavior amongst adolescents in society? What if it was music? In this paper I will find out if there is a real connection between hip hop and juvenile delinquency in adolescents. The Webster’s dictionary defines juvenile delinquency as ’conduct by a juvenile characterized by antisocial behavior that is beyond parental control and therefore subject to legal action and defines hip hop as ‘a subculture especially of inner-city youths who are typically devotees of rap music. We can look at hip hop artist Big L’s lyrics at the kind of message being preached
“Aiyyo, you Annotatebetta flee hops, or get your head flown three blocks
L keep rapper's hearts pumpin like Reeboks
And every year I gain clout and my name sprouts
Some brothers'd still be virgins if the crack never came out
I got the wild style, always been a foul child
My guns go BOOM BOOM, and yo' guns go pow-pow
I'm known to have a hottie open, I keep the shottie smokin'
Front and get half the bones in your body broken
And when it comes to gettin nookie I'm not a rookie
I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi
I run with sturdy cliques I'm never hittin' dirty chicks
Got thirty-five bodies, buddy don't make it thirty-six
Step to this you're good as gone, word is bond
I leave mics torn when I put it on.
Young offenders usually are sent to juvenile courts, where the principal theme is to rehabilitate or remodel young offenders, instead of punishing them. But the term juvenile delinquency has taken on a different meaning “disgrace” in today’s society. An adolescent can be given the tag “delinquent” for breaking any kind of
Research Question: Is there a real connection between hip hop culture and juvenile delinquency in adolescents?
Hypothesis: The more young adults are exposed to explicit hip hop culture the more likely they are to be influenced and practice what the lyrics in the song preach.
Many sociologists wonder what have influenced such negative behavior amongst adolescents in society? What if it was music? In this paper I will find out if there is a real connection between hip hop and juvenile delinquency in adolescents. The Webster’s dictionary defines juvenile delinquency as ’conduct by a juvenile characterized by antisocial behavior that is beyond parental control and therefore subject to legal action and defines hip hop as ‘a subculture especially of inner-city youths who are typically devotees of rap music. We can look at hip hop artist Big L’s lyrics at the kind of message being preached
“Aiyyo, you Annotatebetta flee hops, or get your head flown three blocks
L keep rapper's hearts pumpin like Reeboks
And every year I gain clout and my name sprouts
Some brothers'd still be virgins if the crack never came out
I got the wild style, always been a foul child
My guns go BOOM BOOM, and yo' guns go pow-pow
I'm known to have a hottie open, I keep the shottie smokin'
Front and get half the bones in your body broken
And when it comes to gettin nookie I'm not a rookie
I got girls that make that chick Toni Braxton look like Whoopi
I run with sturdy cliques I'm never hittin' dirty chicks
Got thirty-five bodies, buddy don't make it thirty-six
Step to this you're good as gone, word is bond
I leave mics torn when I put it on.
Young offenders usually are sent to juvenile courts, where the principal theme is to rehabilitate or remodel young offenders, instead of punishing them. But the term juvenile delinquency has taken on a different meaning “disgrace” in today’s society. An adolescent can be given the tag “delinquent” for breaking any kind of