Juvenile Crime
By: Adriana Rodriguez
Have you ever wondered to yourself if juvenile crime has been a problem in today’s society? Juvenile crime is an illegal act committed by a child under the age of eighteen. Juvenile crime has been around for almost 200 years and has been debated whether the media, the parents, and the schools that these children attend are the reasons why they choose to commit crimes. It is also debated whether or not the amount of children committing these crimes has grown or decreased over the years. This is why I agree when it comes to kids being involved in criminal activity, it is not healthy or positive solution.
Many people have agreed and disagreed to the reasons and causes as to why children turn to the act of …show more content…
Socially, changes in the way juveniles act individually or with a group can change when interacting with crime and can also affect the rates of the crimes. This can be a cause because of family issues or crimes committed in the family. Other factors can be from children having any type of abuse, or being left alone to live off of their own responsibilities. One last factor is because the parents supervising the children are not doing a good enough job of looking after them. (Roberts) People in the U.S. who change socially in a negative way can slowly begin to affect the growth of juvenile crime. Things that could have caused the juvenile to slowly begin this growth could come from many different places or situations in their life. For example, there could be a criminal history in the family or an involvement of direct family members being absent due to crimes. Also, people who have seen or even experienced sexual and physical abuse, mistreatment, or felt the possibility or even have had someone abandon them. One other example of noticing that juvenile crime is increasing, is the fact that parents these days do not have the control that they should have over their children. Especially if a parent is participating in illegal crimes, it is showing the child that it is okay to do those things, and not showing the juvenile what the correct choice is when in certain …show more content…
Since the year 1965, the amount of arrests made has either grown, gone down, or stayed the same for a decent amount of time. This proves that juvenile crime is always at a constant rate of changing due to different factors throughout the decades. But, throughout the decade of the 1970s, the amount of arrests made for violent cases for people under the age of 18 had doubled than what was recorded during the 1980s. From the year 1965 till the 1970s the amount of arrests had changed significantly, ranging from an increase, to decreasing, to staying the same as well. In the 1980s, the amount of kids under the age of 18 that had committed violent crimes had decreased since the amount that occurred in the 1970s, which had been more than in the 1980s. (Bender 26) Over the years many have seen and witnessed the increase in juvenile crime in children under the age of eighteen years old. Bender shares his opinion on how Juvenile crime has increased, “Almost everyone agrees that many young criminals are becoming more violent. The number of murderers under the age of eighteen has climbed 93 percent since the 1980s. Murder is more common among today's children, many of whom are in trouble because of the violence around them." (Bender 19) Murder becomes more common as kids grow older due to the
By: Adriana Rodriguez
Have you ever wondered to yourself if juvenile crime has been a problem in today’s society? Juvenile crime is an illegal act committed by a child under the age of eighteen. Juvenile crime has been around for almost 200 years and has been debated whether the media, the parents, and the schools that these children attend are the reasons why they choose to commit crimes. It is also debated whether or not the amount of children committing these crimes has grown or decreased over the years. This is why I agree when it comes to kids being involved in criminal activity, it is not healthy or positive solution.
Many people have agreed and disagreed to the reasons and causes as to why children turn to the act of …show more content…
Socially, changes in the way juveniles act individually or with a group can change when interacting with crime and can also affect the rates of the crimes. This can be a cause because of family issues or crimes committed in the family. Other factors can be from children having any type of abuse, or being left alone to live off of their own responsibilities. One last factor is because the parents supervising the children are not doing a good enough job of looking after them. (Roberts) People in the U.S. who change socially in a negative way can slowly begin to affect the growth of juvenile crime. Things that could have caused the juvenile to slowly begin this growth could come from many different places or situations in their life. For example, there could be a criminal history in the family or an involvement of direct family members being absent due to crimes. Also, people who have seen or even experienced sexual and physical abuse, mistreatment, or felt the possibility or even have had someone abandon them. One other example of noticing that juvenile crime is increasing, is the fact that parents these days do not have the control that they should have over their children. Especially if a parent is participating in illegal crimes, it is showing the child that it is okay to do those things, and not showing the juvenile what the correct choice is when in certain …show more content…
Since the year 1965, the amount of arrests made has either grown, gone down, or stayed the same for a decent amount of time. This proves that juvenile crime is always at a constant rate of changing due to different factors throughout the decades. But, throughout the decade of the 1970s, the amount of arrests made for violent cases for people under the age of 18 had doubled than what was recorded during the 1980s. From the year 1965 till the 1970s the amount of arrests had changed significantly, ranging from an increase, to decreasing, to staying the same as well. In the 1980s, the amount of kids under the age of 18 that had committed violent crimes had decreased since the amount that occurred in the 1970s, which had been more than in the 1980s. (Bender 26) Over the years many have seen and witnessed the increase in juvenile crime in children under the age of eighteen years old. Bender shares his opinion on how Juvenile crime has increased, “Almost everyone agrees that many young criminals are becoming more violent. The number of murderers under the age of eighteen has climbed 93 percent since the 1980s. Murder is more common among today's children, many of whom are in trouble because of the violence around them." (Bender 19) Murder becomes more common as kids grow older due to the