Physical Factors Influencing Juvenile Delinquency

Juvenile Delinquency is a legal term that is given to the behaviour of children and teenagers that would be determined as a criminal if that were to exist in an adult. According to The Law Society of Singapore, it is said that the maximum age limit is 16 years old. In year 2013, a total of 1323 Juveniles were arrested.
One of the physical factors that might influence juvenile delinquency is physical factors, and out of the multiple physical factors, one of it talks about the family’s financial condition. When the family is poor and is not able fulfil the basic needs of the youth, it might cause them to play truant from school in order to earn money for their daily expenses. In the worst case scenario, they might turn to stealing, gambling, …show more content…
Most importantly, they might not have already understood the value of money, nor the ability to handle it. This might also cause them to be influenced by the amount of money that they can earn doing illegal stuffs.
Another factor that might contribute to juvenile delinquency is the environmental factors. The environment that the teenager lives in might also influence the chances of juvenile delinquency. When the teenager lives in an environment where most of the residents around the area are all involved in gangs and crimes, they might imitate what the other residents do, thus leading to an increase in the probability in crimes involvement.
Peer influence is also one of the factors that might lead the youths to go on the path of the criminals. If teenagers group up together with a certain goal or aim in mind, the mind of the individual members might become more susceptible to different mind-set and actions that has a connection to the goal of the group. In addition, because a teenager wanted to be accepted in their clique, he might also follow what his peers told him to