This paper will explore the specific social classes in our society and the type of delinquency in each one and the factors that are put in place to make a person become labeled as delinquent. As this paper will also look at the role of race, and age within social class. The goal of this paper is to mostly understand the reasoning behind each class’s motive to be delinquent and to see how delinquency can be caused by the social standard you are born into. Most people in our society already have a conceived notion that there is a relationship between social class and delinquency. A most common assumption that people bring up is that the lower class juveniles are more likely to engage in delinquent behavior than their high-class counterparts.
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Delinquent acts are usually divided by the frequency of their occurrence. Non-offenders characterize for a small percentage of juveniles who do not in act in delinquent acts. Majority of offenders are characterized as low-rate and are attributed with committing a small number of delinquent offenses. High-rate offenders comprise of a small percentage of juveniles who commit a large number of offenses. A very small number of the high-rate offenders specialize in a categorized type of crime, while the majority commits a range of minor offenses. A small percentage of this group commits a mixture of minor and serious offenses. The most common age pattern followed by low rate offenders is to start offending in between late childhood to mid-adolescence, and to stop offending in late adolescence. A small group of juveniles can be characterized as chronic offenders, these individuals often exhibit signs of delinquent behavior as young children and are more likely to offend at high rates, commit serious offenses, and continue offending as adults. Juveniles can often exhibit common patterns in regards to offend. The tendency is often to move from less serious to more serious offending, and increase in frequency during early to mid-adolescence and decrease during late adolescence and adulthood (Seigel and Welsh, …show more content…
The theories help guide research on delinquency and which can aid in its interpretation. Delinquency theories can help society better control and prevent delinquency. The strain theory of juvenile delinquency suggests that when juveniles experience strain, they become upset, and sometimes engage in delinquency. There are several versions of the strain theory, each of which attempts to accomplish two goals, which are describing the major types of strain leading to delinquency and the conditioning variable, which denotes the surrounding conditions of strain that will mostly lead to delinquency. Theorists have concluded that the strain most strongly related to delinquency can be categorized into two major categories. The first major category of strain in adolescents is the failure to achieve one 's goals, which many theorists believe contributes too much delinquency. These goals include money, status, respect, thrills, excitement, and autonomy from adults. Many theorists argue that money is the central goal and necessity in the United States. Delinquency resulting from the strain is often associated with the difficulty that some have in obtaining money through legal
Delinquent acts are usually divided by the frequency of their occurrence. Non-offenders characterize for a small percentage of juveniles who do not in act in delinquent acts. Majority of offenders are characterized as low-rate and are attributed with committing a small number of delinquent offenses. High-rate offenders comprise of a small percentage of juveniles who commit a large number of offenses. A very small number of the high-rate offenders specialize in a categorized type of crime, while the majority commits a range of minor offenses. A small percentage of this group commits a mixture of minor and serious offenses. The most common age pattern followed by low rate offenders is to start offending in between late childhood to mid-adolescence, and to stop offending in late adolescence. A small group of juveniles can be characterized as chronic offenders, these individuals often exhibit signs of delinquent behavior as young children and are more likely to offend at high rates, commit serious offenses, and continue offending as adults. Juveniles can often exhibit common patterns in regards to offend. The tendency is often to move from less serious to more serious offending, and increase in frequency during early to mid-adolescence and decrease during late adolescence and adulthood (Seigel and Welsh, …show more content…
The theories help guide research on delinquency and which can aid in its interpretation. Delinquency theories can help society better control and prevent delinquency. The strain theory of juvenile delinquency suggests that when juveniles experience strain, they become upset, and sometimes engage in delinquency. There are several versions of the strain theory, each of which attempts to accomplish two goals, which are describing the major types of strain leading to delinquency and the conditioning variable, which denotes the surrounding conditions of strain that will mostly lead to delinquency. Theorists have concluded that the strain most strongly related to delinquency can be categorized into two major categories. The first major category of strain in adolescents is the failure to achieve one 's goals, which many theorists believe contributes too much delinquency. These goals include money, status, respect, thrills, excitement, and autonomy from adults. Many theorists argue that money is the central goal and necessity in the United States. Delinquency resulting from the strain is often associated with the difficulty that some have in obtaining money through legal