Juvenile delinquency in the United States

they were also juvenile delinquents (Hsu 2011). A juvenile delinquent is someone under the age of eighteen who participates in criminal acts. Although crime in the United States is a pressing issue, crime has begun to decline during the last two decades. Juvenile crime is included in that statistic and has declined considerably over the last few years (Latessa and Smith 2015). Although both juvenile and adult crime is lessening, juvenile crime is still a rising concern. The juvenile population…

often struggled to merge the world I was experiencing with my Christian Worldview. In this fog of questioning, I found myself starting to take Criminal Justice classes. The greatest impact on my view towards criminal behavior came during a juvenile delinquency class in which it became clear that in order to break the cycle of criminology, more needed to be done to protect, advise and mentor at risk youth. “If an act has been characterized as…

Do you know a delinquent that can benefit from boot camp? How would you combat delinquency? According to Jerry Tyler, Ray Darville, and Kathi Stalnaker authors of Juvenile boot camps they state that boot camp are becoming a trend “As an example of the growth of boot camps in the United States, the National Institute of Justice reports that in 1987 only four state correctional system boot camp programs existed”. Juvenile delinquent boot camp derives from military boot camp along with their strict…

1. What three types of cases does Juvenile court hear? Please list and describe and give examples in each category. Three cases Juvenile courts hear are “those who are neglected, dependent or abused because those charged with their custody and control mistreat them or fail to provide proper care; those who are incorrigible, ungovernable or status offenders; and those who violate laws, ordinances and codes classified as penal or criminal” (Hess, Pg 301). First, children who are neglected,…

The United States of America having the majority of its juveniles in the adult prison is extremely dangerous and have negative impacts in the future of this great nation. The skyrocketed prison population in our nation today is as a result of mass incarceration in the criminal justice system and the social and public health effects include anxiety, depression and destabilization of relationships with the community. In the event of any juvenile delinquency, some factors like previous criminal…

Analysis of Media Representations of Juvenile Delinquency or Juvenile Justice System In the article Trayvon and the Myth of the ‘Juvenile Superpredator’, Steve Drizin discusses the case of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman in relation to the myth of the juvenile superpredator coined by John Dilulio. As we discussed in class, while this supposed new breed of criminals never surfaced, the myth that they would has changed how society sees certain adolescents. Drizin speaks on the fact that by…

examine the comparison of Travis Hirschi’s theory of social control compared to classical criminology, Durkheim's theory, and Merton’s theory. Social control theory examines delinquency, and how “Delinquent acts result when an individual’s bond to society is weak or broken” (Hirschi, 2014, p. 231). He argues that delinquency is not subjected to one certain group, but anyone can become delinquent. Criminality is created through the social bonds that are broken or weakened during youth, the four…

a probation officer you have more than one client at a time and each may have their delinquency related to something different. Since, delinquency happens consistently with many other juveniles we cannot say it is only an individual problem. Through the perspective of sociological imagination we realize delinquency is a social problem. I understand that there are some factors in society that leads these juveniles to be delinquent. For example I could look into social…

opinion seems to be correct, but only when it comes to the cases of delinquency. However, in the cases of heinous crimes there is no excuse for the juveniles, and juveniles must be undoubtedly tried as adults. In general, it is quite obvious that juvenile offenders should be treated as adults. It will help to maintain social order and teach children about inadmissibility of any crime. Besides that, the existing system of juvenile justice is very dubious about its rehabilitative function.…

this term. Many are unaware of the number of female participants in gangs not only in the United States, but across the world. “Gangs are studied because they are of social concern. That concern stems from typically “masculine” acts of vandalism, violence, and other serious threats. It was often assumed that females did not take part in such behavior, so early researchers were not interested in the delinquency of female gang members.” It comes as no surprise that most of the studies on girls and…