Juvenile Delinquency PDF

**LESSON PROPER** **Juvenile delinquency also known as juvenile offender is the participation in illegal behavior by minors.** **Juveniles are individuals younger than the statutory age of maturity.** Most legal systems prescribe specific procedures for dealing with juveniles such as **juvenile det...

**LESSON PROPER** **Juvenile delinquency also known as juvenile offender is the participation in illegal behavior by minors.** **Juveniles are individuals younger than the statutory age of maturity.** Most legal systems prescribe specific procedures for dealing with juveniles such as **juvenile detention centers and courts**. In recent years, a higher proportion of youth have experienced the rest by their early 20s than in the past. Although some scholars have concluded that this may reflect more aggressive criminal justice and zero-tolerance policies rather than changes in youth behaviour. Juvenile crimes can range from status offenses such as **underage smoking to property crimes and violent crimes.** Youth violence rates in the United States have dropped to approximately 12% of peak rates in 1993 according to official US government statistics, suggesting that most **juvenile offenses are non-violent; however, juvenile offending can be considered normative adolescent behaviour.** **Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile** - - - - **R.A. 6809 --** **an act lowering the age of majority from 21 to 18 and amending for such purpose E.O. 209.** Juvenile delinquency ==================== - - - Types of juvenile offenders =========================== 1\. **[Status offenders]** -- a **juvenile who commits offenses that if committed by adults would not be considered a crime.** **[e.g. truancy, running away from home, violating curfew.]** 2\. **[Juvenile delinquents]** -- **adjudicated (make a formal judgement) by juvenile judges and could be lock in detention facilities.** Causes of Juvenile Delinquency ============================== 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. a. b. c. d. e. Home and Family Conditions ========================== **Twelve ways to raise a Juvenile Delinquent from home** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. The Family ========== - - - - - - - - - Companionship and Juvenile Gangs ================================ **Companionship** The solution to the problem of **juvenile delinquency is multidimensional**. Many different things contribute to juvenile delinquency, as in **[Nature versus Nurture].** Thus, it would naturally follow that there would be many aspects to the cures of this **social deviance**. The **four areas are the unique aspects, responsibilities and functions of medicine, the family, the church and the government.** **Gangs: Its characteristics** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. **Signs of gang activity include** - - - - - - **There are many different types of gangs** 1. 2. 3. 4. Mass Communications and Juvenile Delinquency ============================================ Mass Media a. b. c. d. e. Mass Communication ================== - - - - - - - Community Programs for Juvenile Delinquency =========================================== **Types of rehabilitative programs for juvenile offenders** 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Early Stages of Delinquency Prevention ====================================== 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Approaches in Delinquency Prevention ==================================== 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Strategies of Delinquency Prevention ==================================== 1. 2. 3. Classifying delinquency prevention ================================== 1. 2. Three levels of delinquency prevention ====================================== 1. 2. 3. Effective delinquency prevention ================================ 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Ineffective delinquency prevention ================================== 1. 2. 3.