Multiple factors have been identified that may contribute to delinquent behaviors in juveniles. These contributing factors include traumatic child abuse and neglect, inappropriate parenting behaviors, delinquent behaviors of peers, educational issues, and a history of maladjustment (Donges, 2015).
Trauma can involve witnessing the attack, abuse, or endangerment of another human being, or being the victim of a threat or dangerous situation. What makes events traumatic is the feelings that these events elicit, including extreme fear, terror, hopelessness, or any other strong, negative emotion associated with a lack of control. Most adolescents that are delinquent have faced many serious adversities and traumatic experiences in their lifetimes. …show more content…
When a child has an unstable home life, he or she will always be on the lookout for threats, which will negatively affect school performance because these child will lack focus on school tasks and will be more likely to react aggressively to perceived threats (Buffington, 2010). They will not only lack focus in school, but juvenile delinquents have also been shown to have a higher rate of learning disabilities, often associated with problems with cognitive processing, including attention deficits, memory problems, and impulsivity (Perkins, …show more content…
It is not their fault that they were raised in a bad home or had a troubled past. They were just dealt a bad hand in life some cases wore then others, but there are success stories out there in the world were foster care actually helped make a positive impact on a juvenile’s life. A good show to watch is called The Fosters. It is about a female couple taking in fosters kids who had a trouble past bouncing around in the system and end up adopting them. The show somewhat explains to you about how it is being in foster care and gives you a better understanding of the system. For example, there is this little who went to six different schools and when he went to school he had a hard time understanding the materials because every school is different. This goes the show why sometimes kids drop out of school because they feel like there is no help for them in passing school, so why waste their time in trying went they can make more money in doing delinquent acts on the
Trauma can involve witnessing the attack, abuse, or endangerment of another human being, or being the victim of a threat or dangerous situation. What makes events traumatic is the feelings that these events elicit, including extreme fear, terror, hopelessness, or any other strong, negative emotion associated with a lack of control. Most adolescents that are delinquent have faced many serious adversities and traumatic experiences in their lifetimes. …show more content…
When a child has an unstable home life, he or she will always be on the lookout for threats, which will negatively affect school performance because these child will lack focus on school tasks and will be more likely to react aggressively to perceived threats (Buffington, 2010). They will not only lack focus in school, but juvenile delinquents have also been shown to have a higher rate of learning disabilities, often associated with problems with cognitive processing, including attention deficits, memory problems, and impulsivity (Perkins, …show more content…
It is not their fault that they were raised in a bad home or had a troubled past. They were just dealt a bad hand in life some cases wore then others, but there are success stories out there in the world were foster care actually helped make a positive impact on a juvenile’s life. A good show to watch is called The Fosters. It is about a female couple taking in fosters kids who had a trouble past bouncing around in the system and end up adopting them. The show somewhat explains to you about how it is being in foster care and gives you a better understanding of the system. For example, there is this little who went to six different schools and when he went to school he had a hard time understanding the materials because every school is different. This goes the show why sometimes kids drop out of school because they feel like there is no help for them in passing school, so why waste their time in trying went they can make more money in doing delinquent acts on the