Crime varies in different locations because there are many different factors that contribute to the amount of crimes that happen in a certain area. Community areas such as Lakeview, Austin, Little Village, and Roseland differ because they vary in financial status, and have different environmental factors. The communities with high rates of crime and violence are Lakeview, and Austin; the communities with lower acts of crime and violence are Little Village and Roseland. These communities can be categorized under Social Disorganization Theory. In Little Village and Roseland acts of violence may not be so high, but they aren’t low either.…
Two contextual variables were used. The first being family structure, whether the juvenile belonged to a two parent household or single parent house hold. The second contextual variable was school status which factored in whether the child was attending school without behavioral infections, attending school with behavioral infractions, or had dropped out of school all together. Dependent variables were the outcomes at each stage: intake, formal charges, adjudicatory stage, and judicial disposition. The author was less than clear about whether the study was cross sectional or longitudinal.…
Juvenile delinquency is a persistent and pervasive social problem affecting today’s society. Hence this research is geared towards assessing some of the social causes of juvenile delinquency found in Flankers, St. James. Juvenile delinquency includes crimes of all types like violence, bullying, substance abuse, theft and sexual abuse. Social scientists have researched the social factors affecting juvenile delinquency in great detail. Some of the social risk factors and cause of juvenile delinquency are peer pressure, poor parenting, poor education, broken homes, mass media, social class, Single parents, media violence, unjust social structure, poverty and lack of parental…
Does mental health affect juvenile delinquents? Mental health does affect juvenile delinquents especially if it goes untreated. Seventy percent of the youth that are incarcerated has some kind of mental illness. Most often times they enter a facility that doesn’t give them enough treatment and once they’re released the treatment never continues and they revert back into old patterns (Skowyra, Cocozza, Blueprint for Change, 2006). In the justice system there are between thirty and fifty percent of the juveniles that have a behavioral disorder such ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) (National Mental Health Association, Prevalence of Mental Disorders…, 2006).…
The research attained also highlighted the reasons why recidivism rates are so high within juvenile delinquents. Curfew violations bring juveniles back into the court very frequently, as well as new charges that relate to the family such as Domestic Assault on a family member. Minor offenses such as technical violations, failure to fulfill probation requirements or domestic abuse within a family member often result in incarceration for the youth. The interview subjects suggested that for such offenses, requiring delinquents to perform community service or putting them away from an unstable family would be the more rational solution rather than putting them behind bars. Such minor offenses often get combined with previous charges and prolong the sentencing period.…
In Richard Dudley’s article, “ Impact of Child Abuse and Maltreatment on Delinquency, Arrest and Victimization”, Dudley explains how children who are maltreatment are more likely to commit crimes. The article states that being abused at home or neglected as a child increases the chance of arrest as a juvenile by 59 percent. The likelihood of a juvenile committing a crime is high. The juvenile doesn 't decide to be put in these situations. Some adolescents are more fortunate than others.…
In our criminal justice system, juveniles are treated far differently than adults, but many suffer similar issues. Amongst juvenile offenders, there is an overwhelming number of youths who have a mental illness, making it necessary for actions to be taken to help individuals. In the system, mental illnesses must be identified do crucial services can be provided to provide reoffending. Our juvenile justice system needs to identify the needs and concerns of mental illness, address the types that classify, determine the link of this to juvenile offenders, in order to study if they are being provided adequate services, as well as what needs to be improved and changed for the future.…
The patterns of violent youth crimes are that most of juvenile violence were juveniles and nearly all victims of juvenile crime knew their offender (Snyder and Sickmund, 1999). A few factors that contribute to the negative behavior of the young population are family, school, peers, and neighborhood. Also, researchers have identified three pathways to chronic delinquency. It starts out with escalated aggression to fighting, followed by more extreme violence. Next, minor covert behavior becomes property damage.…
Growing up, we have all known someone from our childhood that was a problematic youth. Among these youth, we recognize their lack of authority and some have deeper issues that need to be evaluated. Juvenile peers are very aware when kids their age cause trouble and get sent away to a juvenile center or treatment facility. Recent studies show that around 500,000 of the youth today will be sent to a juvenile center each year. There are around 75,000 juveniles incarcerated in facilities and the number seems to only grow as times change.…
Behind the Crime Scene The causes of illegality are complicated. Most people focus on the criminal’s flaws or lack of morals to try to explain why they commit crimes. Honestly if an individual decides to commit a crime, then that is their decision. If arrested, the criminal has to accept the consequences.…
Juvenile delinquency is a complicated and complex issue with a multitude of underlying causes and reasoning behind why it happens. Years of research and studies have taken place across generations to aid in a better understanding what factors contribute to it and what should be done to prevent it. Developmental Theory takes aim at the life cycle of juvenile delinquency from beginning to the epilogue. Life Course Theory lends reason to the idea that a combination of personality and environment shape and child into a delinquent. Latent trait points to physiology reasons.…
Juvenile delinquency is criminal behavior committed by minors. (Siegal, 1981) When looking deeper into the deviant behaviors of juveniles there are fundamental perspectives that correlate the juvenile delinquency. Three main theories that are being focused on are strain theory, control theory, and cultural deviance theories. Strain theory which is also known as motivational theory describes desires that a juvenile have such as committing crimes.…
Trying juveniles in the adult criminal court system is a tool reserved for the most serious, violent, and chronic offenders who rightfully must face more serious consequences for their crimes than those available in juvenile court. Data from 40 urban counties was used to describe the characteristics of thousands of juveniles charged with felonies in state courts. The findings indicated that the prosecution of juveniles in criminal court is generally reserved for those charged with the crimes of murder, robbery, and aggravated assault (“BJS”). This means that prosecution in adult criminal court is reserved for the most serious juvenile offenders. Juveniles charged with truancy and other small offenses are remaining in the juvenile justice system where first-time or nonviolent offenders can be rehabilitated and receive proper counseling.…
INTRODUCTION:- “There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare protected, and their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow up in peace.” -Kofi A. Annan Children are considered to be gifts from god and greatest national asset and resource. They constitute over 400 million of the one billion plus population of India. It is indeed an important factor in shaping the future of the nation if childhood can be endowed with the maximum requisites for healthy growth and development.…