Juvenile Delinquency
What causes Juvenile Delinquency?
According to the study done by National Center for Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Delinquency is done by children who have been through emotional and past hardships commit crimes. People that are under 18 and have gone through emotional problems are most likely to become juvenile delinquents. The study further states that children many times commit crimes after school and while their parents are at work or preoccupied. Mental illness and substance abuse are large contributing factors.
Many people believe that a child's environment and family are greatly related to their juvenile delinquency record. For example, the dynamics of a family can affect a child’s well being and delinquency rate. Crime rates vary due to the living situations of children; examples of this could be a child whose parents are together, divorced, or a child with only one parents, particularly a teen mom.
Poverty level is another factor that is related to the chances a child has of becoming a juvenile delinquent. Statistics on living arrangements, poverty level and other influential factors can be found in a later section.
Another cause could be the relationships a child develops in school or outside of school. Peer pressure is also a problem. Bad relationships with teachers and friendships can lead to gangs, which are major contributors of violent crimes among teens. These are just some of the causes of juvenile delinquency.
Many people believe that a child's environment and family are greatly related to their juvenile delinquency record. For example, the dynamics of a family can affect a child’s well being and delinquency rate. Crime rates vary due to the living situations of children; examples of this could be a child whose parents are together, divorced, or a child with only one parents, particularly a teen mom.
Poverty level is another factor that is related to the chances a child has of becoming a juvenile delinquent. Statistics on living arrangements, poverty level and other influential factors can be found in a later section.
Another cause could be the relationships a child develops in school or outside of school. Peer pressure is also a problem. Bad relationships with teachers and friendships can lead to gangs, which are major contributors of violent crimes among teens. These are just some of the causes of juvenile delinquency.
What are the punishments for Juvenile Delinquency?
Juvenile delinquency affects families by giving them a
hard time understanding their child. According to the National Center for Juvenile Justice, about 75 million
juvenile delinquents that are living in the US have been recorded. The typical
punishments for a juvenile delinquent is different from most adults. For
example, while adults go to jail, or probably have to pay a huge fine, juvenile
delinquents receive a verbal warning, a minimum fine, counseling, or probation.
Those are just some of the punishments. Juvenile delinquents were treated
differently now than in the past because the death penalty from the 1970s was
reinstated.