The_Effects_Of_Music_On_Juvenile_Criminal_Behavior

The Effects Of Music On Juvenile Criminal Behavior Effects of Music 1 Running head: JUVENILE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR The Effects of Music on Juvenile Criminal Behavior Effects of Music 2 Abstract The purpose of the experiment was to determine what relationship, if any, music had with the criminal behavior of juvenile offenders. A questionnaire was distributed to young males ages 12 to 17 who were convicted of a felony offense. This questionnaire focused on preferred genres of music, listening patterns and perceived influence on their criminal behavior. While hip-hop music was favored predominantly by the young offenders, heavy metal was shown to be the choice of a smaller number of participants. The study revealed that 72% of the juvenile males believed that music had partial influence on their feelings some of the time. However, only 4% exhibited the belief that music and listening patterns had direct correlation to their criminal activities. Effects of Music 3 The Effects of Music on Juvenile Criminal Behavior Music has vastly become somewhat of a scapegoat for violence among today’s youth and even the overall demoralization of American society. The blame has been put less on family values, parental leadership and general family structure and more on music, movies and music, criminal, behavior, participants, juvenile, questionnaire, time, offenders, young, hip-hop, effects, study, listening, been, number, blame, believed, about, youth, while, two, preferred, perceived, patterns, musical, metal, just, heavy, felony, facility, effect, content, three, reason, rap