...effective in curbing the juvenile delinquency in this society. There are some in this society, which believes this statement not to be true, but just one person’s opinion. However, Terrie Moffitt developmental theory poises some unique insight into juvenile delinquency and how our society should address it. According to, Moffitt theories there are two types of juvenile delinquents in our society. The two type are adolescence-limited and life-course persistent juvenile offenders. This paper will examine Moffitt developmental theory and how this theory can aid our society in preventing juvenile delinquency. The majority of statistics show that across the board over 90 % of juvenile offenders are adolescence-limited. Adolescence-limited offenders are typically the average juveniles could control their antisocial urges that he or she can have stray away from a life of crime. Just like the name implies, adolescence-limited juveniles only engage in delinquent activity for shorts period usually in their teens. In Moffitt theory during these adolescent years the majority of our youth have trouble with life changing issues and responsibilities. Moffitt theory suggests that most juvenile’s primary motivation and cause for delinquent behavior during these adolescence years is to seen as adults. These juveniles will commit all types of petty crimes to obtain this status in our society despite the outcome of their rebellious actions. The majority of adolescence-limited only commit these minor...
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...Abstract Juvenile Delinquents are also known as youth crime. Juvenile Delinquency is an illegal behavior by a minor under the age of 18. There have been many studies on families with children that commit crimes. If juvenile crimes not prevented at an adolescent age, these children are more than likely going to become greater criminals when they are adults. It has been proven that intervention at an early will more likely prevent the child from committing at an adult age. If a child proceeds in criminal activity they are likely to become violent not only to themselves but to innocent people in their destructive path. Juvenile crimes do not affect just one race. It doesn’t have a sexual preference either. Young men are though known to be more aggressive than young woman. Younger siblings of older siblings are also at risk for crimes because they will follow in their footsteps. There is known preventative actions for children that start to show signs in behavioral actions. Causes of Juvenile Delinquents There are many reasons why young children become juvenile delinquents. For instance, fetal substance exposure, prenatal difficulties, an abusive and violent families are all factors of poor executive functioning. Poor parent supervision, criminal parents, low intelligence, and low educational attainment are other frequent precursors. Early onset antisocial behavior has more severe outcomes than antisocial behaviors that occur later on and...
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...two issues regarding theories of adolescence. The first one, which has been a topic of discussion for a long time, concerns whether adolescence should be regarded as either an uncomplicated or a turbulent period. In the latter case, it is aspired in this paper to find out which factors account for such turbulence. The second issue, which arose more recently, concerns the continually longer postponement of the transition to adulthood. These topics are empirically addressed using the data of the second Flemish Youth Monitor. Analyses indicate that the loss of childhood innocence causes adolescents to have a more realistic evaluation of live, self and relationships. For adolescents whose ties with parents and their school environment are less tight, this can cause heightened stress in terms of lowered selfesteem and negative future prospects. These stresses, however, cannot account for the rise in delinquent activity during this developmental stage, for the analyses indicate that adolescent delinquency rather results from a more outgoing lifestyle. Finally, the idea of a prolongation of ‘storm and stress’ cannot be supported by the data, since it is found that most youth find their balance back around age 22. 1. STORM AND STRESS? The idea of adolescence being a period of ‘storm and stress’ – a perspective which was introduced by Hall (1904) and supported by the psychoanalytic tradition (Freud, 1958) and Erikson’s (1968) definition of adolescence as a time of identity crisis – was...
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...ResearchJamey Calvery Developmental Associations Between Externalizing Behaviors, Peer Delinquency, Drug use, Perceived Neighborhood Crimes, and Violent Behaviors in Urban Communities Jamey Calvery Developmental Associations Between Externalizing Behaviors, Peer Delinquency, Drug use, Perceived Neighborhood Crimes, and Violent Behaviors in Urban Communities Developmental Associations Between Externalizing Behaviors, Peer Delinquency, Drug use, Perceived Neighborhood Crimes, and Violent Behaviors in Urban Communities This research is aimed at finding correlations between certain behaviors and mentalities exhibited by adolescence and corresponding patterns of behavior seen in those individuals as adults. The researchers collected information for the subjects at four different periods over the course of the study. The group of subjects used in this research is comprised of Puerto Ricans and African-Americans in an urban environment. The basic hypothesis of this research is that there is a traceable and predictable pattern of behavior exhibited by the subjects in the study as they progressed from adolescence into adulthood. The research indicates that adults who are demonstrating violent behaviors moved through a series of stages as they grew up. The purpose of the study appears to be an effort to create a model of prevention. The study finds that adolescence with exposure to certain variables, such as drug use and criminal or socially rebellious behavior from peers...
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...Running head: CHILD MALTREATMENT & JUVENILE DELINQUENCY 1 The Correlation Between Child Maltreatment & Juvenile Delinquency April 6, 2014 CHILD MALTREATMENT & JUVENILE DELINQUENCY 2 Abstract Research suggests that there is a correlation between child maltreatment and juvenile delinquency. The findings indicate that children, who have experienced abuse or neglect during childhood, are at increased risk of committing crimes in adolescence. A substantial number of children enter the juvenile justice system with a history of abuse, with approximately one third of these adolescence are actively associated with a child welfare agency at the time of their initial arrest. This paper attempts to establish a clear definition of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, as well as, neglect, while also reviewing a pattern of subsequent delinquency. The effects of racial, ethnic and gender differences in criminal behavior will be explored. A collaborated effort among youth serving agencies is discussed as a method of prevention of child maltreatment and future delinquency. CHILD MALTREATMENT & JUVENILE DELINQUENCY 3 Juvenile delinquency is a serious public health concern. Throughout literature, child and adolescent maltreatment are consistently identified as powerful predictors of juvenile and adult crime. In 2009, law enforcement agencies arrested approximately 1.9 million persons under the age of 18 “ (Ryan, Williams, & Courtney, 2013, p.454)...
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...are collected through self reports. Understanding the family structure can have an important role in the intervention and prevention of deviant behavior in the child. More parental monitoring was associated with less delinquency in a single parent household. We examine family structure including two parent families, single mother families, single father families, and stepfamilies. This paper addresses the implications of different theories and findings designed to reduce deviance. Single Parent Home Effect on Adolescence Deviant behavior among youth has increased in the United States (Steinberg, 1987). According to the Nature and Meaning of Deviance (2008), Deviant behavior is described as actions or behaviors that violate cultural norms including enacted rules and social norms. This paper will examine the social factors associated with deviant behavior among juveniles. It will explore the correlation, if any, between single parent homes and the rise in deviant behavior in juveniles. The two disciplines, Psychology and Sociology, will help evaluate the importance between the single parent homes and the effect it has on juvenile deviant behaviors. Evaluating the reasons for the rise in juvenile delinquency in our nation is complex but most alarming is the young ages of juveniles involved in deviant behavior that are now being reported....
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...juvenile delinquency are the family structure that a child is exposed to (Apel & Kaukinen, 2008; Price & Kunz, 2003) and the relationships adolescents have with parents (Leiber, Mack, & Featherstone, 2009; Petts, 2009). As with patterns of juvenile delinquency, family structure in the United States has also changed dramatically over the last century, becoming very diverse in today’s society (Kierkus, Johnson, & Hewitt, 2010). Adolescents of all ages are living in many various types of homes, such as with single, married, and cohabiting parents. The families that children grow up in and the social environment in which they live can have major effects on their well-being (Wallman, 2010). In general, children...
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...entity from the adult court systems. It must stay separate in both the way cases are disposed and in the way sentence is carried out. Namely, punishment as in the adult system must be avoided and continued to be replaced by rehabilitation. In recent years, there has been intensive debate about whether the juvenile justice system should focus its limited resources on rehabilitation or punishment to curtail the rising statistics in juvenile delinquency. It is my belief that the juvenile justice system should primarily focus on the process of juvenile rehabilitation as opposed to strictly punishment. This paper will include an assessment of law enforcement, court processes, probation corrections, and community services as well as the intervention programs currently available to increase the incidents of juvenile delinquency. In this paper the subject to examine is both sides of the spectrum and try to show that the process of rehabilitation, rather than just straight punishment will provide a more effective solution to the problem of juvenile delinquency. I will be examining some of the arguments that oppose the views of rehabilitation over punishment and attempt to prove that the arguments for punishment are not as valid as those for rehabilitation. This paper will also provide evidence to support the claims that rehabilitation is a more effective way to resolve some of the issues which that are apparent in the juvenile justice system. ...
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...in delinquency as a result. 2. Strain: difficult or frustrating circumstances 3. Loss of positive stimuli and presentation of negative stimuli: juveniles lose something they value or are presented with negative stimuli. 4. Cognitive coping: cognitively reinterpreting the strain they experience so as to minimize its impact. 5. Behavioral coping: attempting to act in ways that reduce the strain they are experiencing. 6. Emotional coping: act directly on the negative emotions that result from strain 7. Coping skills: strain is more likely to lead to delinquency among individuals with poor coping skills and resources. (Verbal skills to negotiate with peers and adults, or they have a high level of “self-efficacy”, believe that they have the ability to solve their own problems.) 8. Conventional social supports: Family, friends, and others often help us cope with our strain, providing advice, direct assistance, and emotional support. Individuals who lack such supports are more likely to find themselves in a situation where delinquency is their only means of coping. 9. Social learning theory: juveniles learn to engage in delinquency from others 10. Frequency, amount, and relative probability of reinforcement: if we want to predict delinquency, we need to examine the frequency, with which it is reinforced, the amount or reinforcement received or expected, and the relative probability of reinforcement. 11. Differential reinforcement of delinquency: different...
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...Juvenile Delinquency Sabrina Porchia University of Phoenix August 20, 2012 Today the legal attitude toward the juvenile lawbreaker is that a child too young to be able properly to distinguish between right and wrong or fully to appreciate the nature of his acts ought not to be criminally responsible for what he does or fails to do. Juvenile delinquents account for a great number of the illegal acts committed in the United States, especially those that involve taking another's belongings. Many juvenile delinquents break the law repeatedly. Delinquents come from both well-to-do families and poor families, and almost as many arrests are made in rural communities as in cities and their suburbs Children often test the limits and boundaries set by their parents and authority figures, a few of those children though, consistently participate in problematic behaviors that affect their family and social functioning—delinquency is a legal term for criminal behavior carried out by a juvenile and is often the result of escalating problematic behavior. To avoid the lasting stigma of criminality, the term delinquent, rather than criminal, began to be applied to young adjudicated offenders (Loeber & Hay 1994). From a juvenile justice perspective delinquent behavior is divided into two categories: “status” offenses and “delinquency” offenses. Status offenses are the acts which would not be considered offenses if committed by an adult such as truancy or running away. Delinquency offenses...
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...Erik Erikson- Adolescence ages (16 to 18) youths may experience a crisis described as a struggle between ego identity and role diffusion Ego Identity- is formed when persons develop a firm sense of who they are and what they stand for. Role Diffusion occurs when youths spread themselves too thin, experience personal uncertainly, and place themselves at the mercy of leaders who promise to give them a sense of identity they cannot develop for themselves. At risk youths- young people who are extremely vulnerable to the negative consequences of school failure, substance abuse, and early sexuality. Juvenile delinquency- participation in illegal behavior by a minor who falls under a statutory age limit. Chronic juvenile offenders- youths who have been arrested four or more time during their minority and perpetuate a striking majority of serious criminal acts. This small group known as the chronic 6 percent is believed to engage in a significant portion of all delinquent behavior. Juvenile justice system- the segment of the justice system, including law enforcement officers, the courts, and correctional agencies, designed to treat youthful offenders. FBI- Federal Bureau of Investigation- is the arm of the U.S. Dept. of Justice that investigates violations of federal law, gathers crime statistics, runs a comprehensive crime laboratory, and helps train local law enforcement officers. UCR- Uniform Crime Reports- complied by the FBI, the UCR is the most widely used source of national...
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...juvenile becomes delinquent due to environment all factors are responsible family,society,peers factors,etc.Juvenile becomes delinquent when he does not get the appropriate love and affection he wishes to have.Slowly the juvenile follows the path of delinquency and then becomes delinquent.We all see the cases of juvenile delinquency but no one cares to look into the factors responsible for juvenile delinquency.It is said that prevention is better than cure.After juvenile becomes delinquent we try to reform him but if we from beginning take steps so that a juvenile doesn’t become delinquent then we won’t have to look into cases of increased crimes by juvenile delinquents.I have tried to throw light on those factors which play an important role in making a child delinquent and what are the methods by which we can stop a child from becoming delinquent and also the laws which have been made for juveniles.It is important to train a child properly to make a juvenile a responsible citizen of our country.I have also thrown light on salient features of juvenile justice act.Juveniles laws also seen in international perspective. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND JUSTICE Juvenile delinquency, also known as "juvenile offending", is participation in illegal behavior by minors (juveniles, i.e. individuals younger than the statutory age of majority)....
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...Project Philippe Francois the problem of juvenile Delinquency This paper explains that juvenile delinquency, it will make the argument on how to reduce it and bring light to this problem which is fast becoming one of the largest problems facing urban America. It can lead to law-breaking juvenile, which often can lead to adult lives as career criminals. Over the years experts have given us many theories on the causes of juvenile delinquency, including one's economic background, parents level of education and abuse in the home, gangs organizations, repeated neighborhood delinquents, increased availability of weapons and new technology violent games have something to do with the growing of our young people getting in trouble and becoming part of the juvenile delinquent system. However in my opinion the number one cause of juvenile delinquency is the breakdown of families, including lack of parental control over their children. It is ironic in America, in todays age, a person must poses a driver's license to operate a vehicle, a permit to own a gun and even a license to have a pet, but one does not have to have proper training or a license in order to become a parent. Without specialized educational or programs in child development and parenting, many of our future parents will not have a chance at becoming successful parents and worse, many of todays parents are already contributing to the increasing problem of juvenile delinquency simply by not knowing how to raise their children...
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...Warr, Mark (2002) Companions in Crime. Cambridge University Press. Three adolescents (two boys and one girl) are walking in their small town park one summer afternoon. At this park, there is a baseball diamond with the usual concession stands, dugout, and bleachers. As the adolescents were just messing around, hitting rocks with stick, one of the boys turns to the other boy and girl; he says, “We should break into the concession stands and see if there is anything we can take”. While the other two knew it was a bad idea, they went along with him anyway. They were able to kick the door in, as it was only being held shut with a latch and padlock. Once they were inside they found snacks that were sold at the games, and bottles of soda. After grabbing as much as they could with their hands and they went to leave, only the boy who suggested they break in the first place wasn’t done. He began to kick and knock over things in the concession stand, so to go along with the boy, the other two began to do the same. No one ever found out who broke into, stole from, and destroyed the concession stands. I was the female. I could not believe what I had done. I was raised with very strict parent and brought up with many great values, yet I committed these crimes. I had never done anything like that before, nor have I since. I never understood why I couldn’t stand up to my friends and just tell them I wasn’t going to do it. I have always thought of myself as a respectable, strong-willed...
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...the root of the problem to figure out what spawns a certain issue. What provokes a child to become delinquent and what makes the child gravitate so easily towards this lifestyle? It is necessary to explore how family life influences juvenile delinquency. Juveniles are more likely to become juvenile delinquents if there is little structure provided for them in their families. Children who are rejected by their parents, who grow up in homes with considerable conflict, or who are inadequately supervised are at the greatest risk of becoming delinquent. Literature reviews, focused on the relationship between child abuse and juvenile delinquency, indicate that juvenile delinquents are often products of families that consciously or unconsciously neglect their childhood needs. Corporal punishment by parents often leads to overt and aggressive misbehavior. Neglect and extreme punishment can cause children to become rebellious adolescents who use misbehavior to "pay back" the family. Childhood abuse and neglect has been linked to a number of other adolescent problems. Compared with non maltreated matched control groups, abused or neglected children are significantly more likely to engage in violent behavior, become pregnant during adolescence, use drugs, have lower GPAs, and/or experience mental health problems. The growing body of research on these issues uses a variety of methodologies but leads to a similar conclusion: in general, people who experience any type of abuse or neglect...
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