Juvenile delinquency

How after-school mentoring programs and general after school programs work to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency? “Mentoring programs for at-risk youth are growing at a rapid pace” in the United States (Keating et. al, 2002, p. 717). These programs are designed to provide support to at-risk youth who usually “come from single-parent homes, who show signs of emotional or behavioral problems, and who lack the support to navigate developmental tasks successfully” (Keating et. al, 2002, p.…

Social Theories of Juvenile Delinquency 6 Running Head: SOCIAL THEORIES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Social Theories of Juvenile Delinquency [Name of the student] [Name of the institution]  Social Theories of Juvenile Delinquency Every thought of the causes, the extent and the connections of the juvenile criminality is fundamentally a theory, for example, the comparison of juvenile delinquency with the offense and the damage of the law of God. For more than two centuries,…

aggressive and antisocial behaviors which can be pressed onto others. Parents are constantly being blamed and held accountable for the actions of their children. It is evident that there is a significant relationship between family factors and delinquency, but should the parent…

Upsurge of single parenting since 1980s has come with an increase in juvenile delinquency in the United States. Single-parenting, a problem of the minorities and poor in the past, but nowadays, single-parent families occupy every nooks and crannies of our society! Across the aisle, from the whites to the people of color; from the downtrodden to the super rich, are single-parents not only in the United States, but also all over the universe. Over 60% of children born in the United States since…

design, hierarchy of power, books, and even papers. More specifically, it can be seen in the juvenile justice system and its working parts. Similarly, on an internal level, the process and procedure of the juvenile justice system can be broken down into stages. The dilemma is for there to be efficiency in the operational structure of the juvenile justice system then there needs to be change. What the Juvenile justice system is today is only due to past mistakes…

Alternatives to Detention Since incarceration has been proven to be ineffective for reducing crime and delinquency. I propose an emphasis on rehabilitation. Instead of locking up juveniles, the juvenile judge should make it his or her goal to divert youth offenders away from secure detention facilities and instead use dispositional alternatives that better match the need of the child. Studies have shown that smaller, intensive programs can work when they are run by well-trained staff who can…

Take a moment to think of the demographic of juvenile delinquents, what comes to your mind? Due to the connotation the word has, majority think of youth's -males, who show apathetic symptoms, like not caring being unable to empathize or feel remorse for actions. Think of one delinquent specifically, imagine the fine details-baggy clothing, ghetto jargon. Now think of the crimes that young boy might have committed to become a juvenile. Can you imagine those same crimes being committed by a…

The child savers were an organization that tried to prevent juveniles from being delinquent and tried to change the justice system they were involved in. The child savers focused on minority and poor children; they wanted to rehabilitate children instead of sentencing them to jail time. They also wanted to separate young kids in prison from actual criminal, adult offenders. Colonization was a major factor in the way juveniles developed. The concept of Colonization is as America became more…

on how delinquency is viewed by sociological perspective and psychological perspective. In sociological perspective explained that delinquency of youths is a response to a lack of socially approved opportunities. A delinquency learned behavior based upon norms, values, belief, and behavioral characteristics of those with who the delinquent interacts. The psychological perspective of a delinquency is the behavior of youths as an unresolved instinct which drives in the human psyche. Juvenile…

Poverty on Trauncy Truancy may be operationally defined as the habitual engagement in unexcused absences from school (Dalun, Katsiyannis, Barrett, & Willson, 2007). In regards to juvenile delinquency, truancy cases are minor offenses in court, although it can cause major issues in the future. From 1985 to 2000, juveniles ages 15 and younger accounted for 78% of all truancy cases (Puzzanchera et al., 2004). The percentage of truancy offense cases adjudicated was 63%, with the most common…