In the fall of 1999, 17-year-old Manny attacked a family in his neighborhood with two other gang members. Four men were assaulted and two of them stabbed. One female victim in this attack was six months pregnant. She was hit repeatedly with a baseball bat. Manny was arrested and charged with attempted murder in the court. In another incident, 90-year-old Helen Novak was killed by 10-year old Tristen Kurilla. Kurilla, a fifth-grader, was charged with the crime of homicide and serious assault. Juvenile crime is a serious problem in the United States today. According to the statistical data, police arrested more than 200,000 juvenile offenders in 2009. 14% of all crime arrests in California were committed by youth under the age of 18. With
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Although juvenile crime slowly declined since the greatest in the early 1990s, it is still a major problem today. The problem of juvenile crime does not just affect young people themselves, but also the quality of life of the general public. Many people are concerned that if juvenile crime continues to grow, there will also be an increase of drug use and premature death among children and adolescents that are caused by these young people. Numerous sociological studies discuss on the prevention of juvenile crime. The results from most of the studies show that education is the most effective solution to lowering the juvenile crime rate. Since the primary causes and solutions are clearly shown, we should focus on forming a more comprehensive education system that can encourage young people to stay away from crimes. In this paper, I am going to discuss the causes of most of the juvenile crime. I will also examine the relationship between education and juvenile crime such as offender’s performance at school. Next, I will talk about how education can help prevent of juvenile crime. Last but not the least, I will provide some effective solutions to the problem, which can help schools form a complete …show more content…
This statement clearly shows that the more people drop out from school, the more juvenile crime happens. Shown by statistical data in 2010, more than 30% of students dropped out of high school in the United States. The majority of people in prison today do not have a high school diploma. A 10% increase in High School graduation rate can reduce about 20% of the juvenile crime rates which is approximately 3,000 murders and 175,000 aggravated assaults cases. High school dropout has become an extremely bad problem in California, it is a “crisis” (Anderson, 2012). There are two reasons that students drop out from school, one is they have no interest in studying, and the other one is they want to start working. Students are not prohibited from working, but they cannot work during school hours. In order for the school to keep track of students who work under the minimum dropout age, students have to get a work permit from school and fill out by their employers. Statistic shows that students who drop out of school but interested in working are less likely to commit crimes than those who drop out of school but have no interest in working (Anderson, 2012). To examine the effect that minimum dropout age has on juvenile crime, the author uses arrest data from 1980 to 2008 to compare
Although juvenile crime slowly declined since the greatest in the early 1990s, it is still a major problem today. The problem of juvenile crime does not just affect young people themselves, but also the quality of life of the general public. Many people are concerned that if juvenile crime continues to grow, there will also be an increase of drug use and premature death among children and adolescents that are caused by these young people. Numerous sociological studies discuss on the prevention of juvenile crime. The results from most of the studies show that education is the most effective solution to lowering the juvenile crime rate. Since the primary causes and solutions are clearly shown, we should focus on forming a more comprehensive education system that can encourage young people to stay away from crimes. In this paper, I am going to discuss the causes of most of the juvenile crime. I will also examine the relationship between education and juvenile crime such as offender’s performance at school. Next, I will talk about how education can help prevent of juvenile crime. Last but not the least, I will provide some effective solutions to the problem, which can help schools form a complete …show more content…
This statement clearly shows that the more people drop out from school, the more juvenile crime happens. Shown by statistical data in 2010, more than 30% of students dropped out of high school in the United States. The majority of people in prison today do not have a high school diploma. A 10% increase in High School graduation rate can reduce about 20% of the juvenile crime rates which is approximately 3,000 murders and 175,000 aggravated assaults cases. High school dropout has become an extremely bad problem in California, it is a “crisis” (Anderson, 2012). There are two reasons that students drop out from school, one is they have no interest in studying, and the other one is they want to start working. Students are not prohibited from working, but they cannot work during school hours. In order for the school to keep track of students who work under the minimum dropout age, students have to get a work permit from school and fill out by their employers. Statistic shows that students who drop out of school but interested in working are less likely to commit crimes than those who drop out of school but have no interest in working (Anderson, 2012). To examine the effect that minimum dropout age has on juvenile crime, the author uses arrest data from 1980 to 2008 to compare