Juvenile_Delinquency

Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Delinquency Guilty or Not Guilty, this phrase is heard in courtrooms across the country on a daily basis. Standing in a courtroom before peers awaiting a verdict is the last stage of juvenile delinquency. Juvenile delinquency has increased each year in this country since 1948 (McClellan 1956,p.8). While teenagers are most likely to commit crimes, their delinquency is related to the overall incidence of crime in society: teen crimes increase the same as adults (Gale, 1). Juvenile delinquency is inappropriate behavior portrayed by an adolescent. An adolescent is a youth normally between the ages of ten and eighteen who knows the difference between right and wrong. The delinquent behavior typically derives from the home and school life of the youth. “Delinquency is now recognized as the end product of a variety of situations, attitudes, motives, role definitions, self-images and personality characteristics (Moore 1958, p.24). There are many causes of juvenile delinquency. Such as poverty, drug abuse, and distractions within the home. The increasing rate of poverty has been greatly attributed to juvenile delinquency (Gale, 1). The anger and frustration of low-income youth separate them from the “good life” shown in delinquency, juvenile, youth, gale, delinquents, child, behavior, while, states, school, prevention, home, drugs, drug, children, between, been, wrong, through, ten, teaching, support, social, role, researchers, problems, poverty, personality, peers, own, opportunity, one, moore, mcclellan, major