As we all know, different age groups have their own way of thinking . The cognitive power of people sometimes leads them down the wrong path, especially juveniles. Society looks at these juveniles and wonders why certain kids act differently. Who are juveniles? According to our book, juveniles are teens with an age range from nine to eighteen who involve themselves in criminal activities. It is critical to figure out the reasons why juveniles commit crimes. It is important to study juvenile delinquency because it provides us with reliable theories to help us understand motives of juveniles. Let us look at delinquency from a theoretical perspective, which is as follows; biological, choice, psychodynamic, behavioral, moral development,
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Dr. Glasser is the founder of Choice theory and he says it is about looking at how and why we behave the way we do. The belief that all behavior is purposeful in order to meet their basic psychological and biological needs. It is based on the idea of internal motivation. For example, when we go shopping, are we forced by external motivation? We can argue that people make us do things but it 's mostly based on choice. When we look this theory carefully it is true that we always have the choice in every situation but we do not have right choice in every …show more content…
More than 70 percent American children between ages of 8 to 11 have been victims of bullying. Aggression breaks down into four different parts: Reactive aggression which is unplanned, proactive,aggression obtain some instrumental goals in addition to harming the victim, indirect aggression which is usually verbal and covert and direct aggression is typically physical. Strain theory: Deviance is a result of the strain an individual feels when they cannot achieve legitimately. For example, we live in the United States which is one of the prosperous countries in the world. We go to school and try to achieve our dream job, lifestyle, and wealth. So, we are trying to achieve the American dream. Robert Merton is the founder of this theory where he argues that people engage in a deviant behavior when they cannot achieve socially approved goals by legitimate means. There are five categories in strain theory which are as
Dr. Glasser is the founder of Choice theory and he says it is about looking at how and why we behave the way we do. The belief that all behavior is purposeful in order to meet their basic psychological and biological needs. It is based on the idea of internal motivation. For example, when we go shopping, are we forced by external motivation? We can argue that people make us do things but it 's mostly based on choice. When we look this theory carefully it is true that we always have the choice in every situation but we do not have right choice in every …show more content…
More than 70 percent American children between ages of 8 to 11 have been victims of bullying. Aggression breaks down into four different parts: Reactive aggression which is unplanned, proactive,aggression obtain some instrumental goals in addition to harming the victim, indirect aggression which is usually verbal and covert and direct aggression is typically physical. Strain theory: Deviance is a result of the strain an individual feels when they cannot achieve legitimately. For example, we live in the United States which is one of the prosperous countries in the world. We go to school and try to achieve our dream job, lifestyle, and wealth. So, we are trying to achieve the American dream. Robert Merton is the founder of this theory where he argues that people engage in a deviant behavior when they cannot achieve socially approved goals by legitimate means. There are five categories in strain theory which are as