There is no doubt that various books and experts can give us many theories as to the causes of juvenile delinquency‚ including one’s economic background‚ substance abuse‚ peer groups‚ repeated exposure to violence through the family circit‚ increased availability of firearms and media violence‚ however‚ I feel that the number one cause of juvenile delinquency is the breakdown of families‚ including lack of parental control over children. It is ironic that one must have a driver’s license
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Female juvenile delinquency: What went wrong with “Sugar and Spice and all things nice”? Ariana Kalaitzaki S2760178 Griffith University Abstract This review addresses major questions around female juvenile delinquency‚ around which much contemporary research is oriented. These involve which factors are contributing to female juvenile delinquency and what causes female juveniles to display criminal behaviour in the first place. Theories and risk factors will be identified. Although research
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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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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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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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from a juvenile delinquency theories aspect. The overall case deals with an eleven years old girl of the name Mary Bell. Mary was known throughout her town of Scotswood‚ a community located in the north of London in England. It was 1968‚ when the body of four-year-old Martin Brown’s body was discovered inside of an abandoned boarded up house. At first‚ the death of Martin was rolled out to be an accident. A couple weeks later‚ three-year-old Brain Howe lifeless body was found near a known area where
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Similarities in the basic characteristics of a juvenile group or gang behavior are found in almost every class and cultural context. (Ludovici 1947). Those most likely to participate in delinquent activities are members of gangs. Across the globe‚ the phenomenon of juvenile gangs has become an important and sensitive public issue. The image of gangs has become more common world wide because of globalization these
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The purpose of this essay is to analyze juvenile delinquency within the United States and the realities which have been discovered‚ ascertained or confronted while performing such an analysis. First of all‚ it is important to delineate and describe the types of prisons within the United States. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons‚ the correctional system is comprised of the following types of prisons which are divided by security levels with the purpose of confining offenders in
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