OPPapers.com Essay Index >> Miscellaneous >> Juvenile Delinquency
We have many free term papers and essays on Juvenile Delinquency. We also have a wide variety of research papers and book reports available to you for free. You can browse our collection of term papers or use our search engine.
Juvenile Delinquency. Juvenile Delinquency Remember doing something mischievous
or wrong when you were a kid and getting the label "delinquent" slapped on you ? ...
Juvenile Delinquency. Juvenile Delinquency Remember doing something mischievous
or wrong when you were a kid and getting the label "delinquent" slapped on you ? ...
Juvenile Delinquency. Remember ... Did you ever wonder what it meant ? That is
what my topic for today is . . . juvenile delinquency. In ...
Juvenile Delinquency. Remember ... Did you ever wonder what it meant ? That is
what my topic for today is . . . juvenile delinquency. In ...
Juvenile Delinquency. Juvenile delinquency laws were designed to provide
treatment, rather than punishment, for juvenile offenders. ...
Submitted by grayxenon on March 17, 2006
Category: Miscellaneous
Words: 2659 | Pages: 11
Views: 400
Popularity Rank: 20,763
Average Member Grade: N/A (Add a Comment / Grade this Paper)
The study of juvenile delinquency has taken precedence over the investigation of adult crime. The most outstanding and significant researches have been made in the juvenile field. The greatest amount of expert social work and guidance has been applied to the treatment of young offenders. Moreover, it is now recognized that the beginnings of adult criminal careers have their sources in juvenile difficulties and behavior problems which have accumulated uncorrected from childhood and adolescence. As researches and treatment programs continue to concentrate on unadjusted children, increasing control over this problem is to be expected. More children will be adjusted before they graduate into a career of adult, professional crime.
Almost every educated person has his "pet" theories regarding the causes of and the cures for delinquency. These can be checked against the available facts to see to what extent they are applicable. Usually such theories will apply in part only, unless they are grossly medieval and hereditarian, in which case one must rule against them.
The facts clearly indicate that causation is multiple rather than single. In other words, the causes for delinquency in general or in a given case are compound and complex. The statistics and the cases bear out the contention that delinquent behavior is situational, that is, grows out of the total situation in which the child is a part. The data do not support the conclusion that delinquency is predetermined biologically. Delinquent behavior seems to be predetermined only in so far as the situation in which the child becomes an official problem is predetermined.
Juvenile delinquency does not have a constant or definite meaning. According to some psychologists, delinquents are those, whose pattern of adjustment, is contrary to the accepted rules. Some say that delinquents are those who violate the law, habitually disobedient or truant. But delinquents...
You must Login to view the entire paper.
If you are not a member yet, Sign Up for free!