Reducing Juvenile Delinquency ABSTRACT There are many different parts of the Criminal Justice system. This paper will bring about the argument of how we can reduce Juvenile Delinquency in the United States. When a child is born he has no way of knowing he will become a bad element of society. There are many reasons that a child can turn to the bad elements of crime. We must ask ourselves‚ “why does this happen”? What can we as adults do to help the children of America stay on the right track
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plenty of criminal on many means of media. Following them‚ it appears that juvenile delinquency is a hurtful newsreel problem which educators and all of parents in our society have to pay attention to. It is easy to find out that juvenile behavior has its roots in family breakdown and domestic violence‚ as well as lack of parental moral guidance and supervision. Broken family is the most important cause of juvenile delinquency. In fact‚ the break-up of the parents’ relation really affects children’s
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Juvenile Delinquency can be defined in three different ways; legal definition‚ role definition and the societal response definition. In the legal definition‚ it is the act that causes them to be juvenile delinquents. The role definition‚ it is the actor that who is perceived to be a delinquent. In the societal response‚ it is the audience reaction that defines the person as deviant or a delinquent. With all those definition the main thing that has to be considered to judge if a person is a juvenile
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Effects of Juvenile Delinquency Effects on the Victims * The obvious effects to those people affected by juvenile delinquency are the victims. Whether the crime involves theft or violence‚ the victim always suffers loss. The victim may incur expenses related to health care or psychological care in addition to the cost of replacing damaged or destroyed items. Effects on the Juvenile Delinquent * The juvenile who commits a crime also suffers effects that he or she is probably unable to predict
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Contributing Factors to Juvenile Delinquency Today more than ever‚ juvenile delinquency has become one of the most important social issues as juvenile crimes‚ especially murder‚ has risen in such crime redden cities as Oakland‚ Chicago‚ and Los Angeles (Los Angeles County). There are many factors and sources which can be put to blame for what seems to be an increase in juvenile delinquency. Ultimately juvenile delinquency is a product of the privatized‚ overpopulated‚ and the institutionalized
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TYC has a long history of mistreating and abusing the youth that they house in their facilities. The employees and providers who run the care of these juvenile prisons not only neglect the needs of the youth imprisoned there‚ but also take advantage of the fact that these kids have nowhere else to run too. There have been multiple cases involving TYC employees and TYC inmates that were never brought to light‚ because of lack of supervision given to the facilities by the Texas government. TYC supervisor
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Running Header: CAUSES FOR JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Deborah Llamas Kaplan University Independent Study in Juvenile Delinquency Professor Val Mertens September 20‚ 2011 Introduction: Various forms of Trait Theories have been studied as being associated with Juvenile Delinquencies. “Developmental Theory is a view that criminality is a dynamic process‚ influenced by social experiences as well as individual characteristics. Developmental factors include biological‚ social‚ and psychological
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the Protestant religion that began around 16th century in England still managed to hold a solid foundation in the constitution of the United States in the 21st century. Its ideologies lead to the creation of many theories on the aspect of juvenile delinquency. For instance‚ early theories reason for punishing was to quell evil in the individuals‚ this led to witch hunting and torture for those accused of crime. While these extreme punishments were mostly done to adults‚ children were usually accused
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– behaviors that have laws against them Crime and delinquency is a type of deviance Informal control – ex parents Formal controls – police‚ school 02/13/2014 Over 90% of juveniles commit delinquency (ex: smoking‚ drinking‚ sexual activity) mostly minor offenses Serious delinquencies are relatively small “Age Out” of crime Official records‚ victim surveys‚ self report surveys Official records – uniform crime report‚ tracks juvenile crimes as well UCR – 2 types of offenses ‚ Part
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In Tennessee‚ a juvenile can be transferred from juvenile court to adult court after a petition is filed alleging delinquency based on conduct that is a crime under Tennessee law‚ local ordinances‚ or the Court. A hearing is held to determine if the child is sixteen years of age at the time of the alleged crime or if the child is less than sixteen years old. If the child is less than sixteen years old‚ then for the transfer hearing to move forward the child has to be charged with a serious offense
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