Juvenile delinquency is an emergent problem found in society today. A juvenile delinquent is when an individual, under the age of seventeen, participates in illegal activities and demonstrates anti-social and criminal behavior. This type of aggressive behavior requires immediate attentiveness and concentration because it is comprised of several factors. The main and key element of this conduct is socialization. Socialization is encompassed by several sub topics, in which, affects any individual and can cause social interferences. There are several factors that can manipulate a developing child’s social behavior such as interpersonal interactions, ecological conditions, social change, socioeconomic status, racial disparity, social disorganization,
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Basically if a child is socialized to maintain close bonds with relatives, professor, and friends they will continue to cultivate affirmative and progressive self-esteem. If for some reason those relationships are destroyed, adolescents will sense a feeling to violate conventional laws since they have no connection with society. A social bond, a type of social control theory, was a term coined by Travis Hirschi and it is a bond towards developments of society. A social bond is comprised of four main characteristics: attachment towards other individuals, commitment of conventional accomplishments, involvement in conventional undertakings, and belief in moral values. An individual who demonstrates these values are more likely to familiarize themselves with positive and conservative goals. In the empirical article titled “The Socialization of the Delinquent” written by Dale B. Harris, the author discusses the socialization of delinquents as exemplified by this quote,
The child or adolescent is not merely ‘socialized.’ He is an active par- ticipant in the process. He has growing concepts of himself and his goals, which help shape the personality he is becoming. He resists certain influences, yields willingly enough to others, accordingly as those influences may run counter to, or are congruent with the flow of his own developmental direction.
Basically if a child is socialized to maintain close bonds with relatives, professor, and friends they will continue to cultivate affirmative and progressive self-esteem. If for some reason those relationships are destroyed, adolescents will sense a feeling to violate conventional laws since they have no connection with society. A social bond, a type of social control theory, was a term coined by Travis Hirschi and it is a bond towards developments of society. A social bond is comprised of four main characteristics: attachment towards other individuals, commitment of conventional accomplishments, involvement in conventional undertakings, and belief in moral values. An individual who demonstrates these values are more likely to familiarize themselves with positive and conservative goals. In the empirical article titled “The Socialization of the Delinquent” written by Dale B. Harris, the author discusses the socialization of delinquents as exemplified by this quote,
The child or adolescent is not merely ‘socialized.’ He is an active par- ticipant in the process. He has growing concepts of himself and his goals, which help shape the personality he is becoming. He resists certain influences, yields willingly enough to others, accordingly as those influences may run counter to, or are congruent with the flow of his own developmental direction.