It is amazing to hear people converse about juveniles. If I were to hear someone say that juvenile delinquency has increased since the last thirty years, I would comment many factors influence deviant behaviors. In Juvenile Delinquency in a Diverse Society by Kristen A. Bates and Richelle S. Swan elaborates,“in order to understand juvenile delinquency, we must understand how issues of age, gender, race, class, and sexual orientation, to name a few, affect juveniles”. (Bates & Swan 2014:pg.62).Delinquency affects have demonstrated that no consistency has been proven and behaviors can be altered. Every juvenile at a point in their life is able to go through a phase of deviant behavior. Deviant behavior can sometimes arise because juveniles
