What is juvenile delinquency? Well, the answer is simple: juvenile delinquency is an antisocial or criminal act performed by an individual under the age of eighteen (Wikipedia, 2005). The causes of juvenile delinquency is a little harder to explain. There are many different theories that have contributed towards the understanding of juvenile delinquency. These theories ...
Delinquency is not an inherited trait, like some forms of diseases or alcoholism. It is acquired through parental neglect, poverty, environment, frustration at society, and, perhaps most important of all, peer pressure. Juvenile delinquency is no different from adult delinquency. It is a blatant and often persistent disregard for law and order, for moral and ...
After completing my degree requirements I would like to find work as a juvenile officer. Those already working in this career include people with years of experience in juvenile corrections and/or those with four-year degrees in Criminal Justice, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, or Social Work. They generally have good verbal and written communication skills. Juvenile officers ...
Many people stereotype criminals as having to have been a certain gender (usually male), a certain race (usually black), a certain social class (usually lower class) and a certain age (usually under 30). But, the truth of the matter is anyone is capable of going out and committing a crime regardless of their gender, race, ...
Juvenile crime rates are a significant portion of the UCR statistics. (Uniform Crime Report).Most of the crimes in which juveniles committed were in fact violent crimes. The main crimes that were committed were drug abuse and simple assault. According to the FBI, juveniles accounted for “17% of all arrests, while 15% of those arrests were ...
