Juvenile Delinquency

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Term Paper Title	Juvenile Delinquency
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Juvenile Delinquency

Juvenile Delinquency

Remember doing something mischievous or wrong when you were a kid and getting
the label "delinquent" slapped on you ?  Did you ever wonder what it meant ?
That is what my topic for today is . . . juvenile delinquency.  In this report I
will:  define juvenile delinquency, give the extent of juvenile delinquency,
give some suggestions on what causes juvenile delinquency, and what is being
done in various communities to deal with this growing problem. The legal term
juvenile delinquent was established so that young lawbreakers could avoid the
disgrace of being classified in legal records as criminals. Juvenile
delinquency laws were designed to provide treatment, rather than punishment, for
juvenile offenders.  Young delinquents usually are sent to juvenile courts,
where the main aim is to rehabilitate offenders, rather than to punish them.
But the term juvenile delinquency itself has come to imply disgrace in today's
society. A youngster can be labeled a delinquent for breaking any one of a
number of laws, ranging from robbery to running away from home.  But an action
for which a youth may be declared a delinquent in one community may not be
against the law in another community.  In some communities, the police ignore
many children who are accused of minor delinquencies or refer them directly to
their parents.  But in other communities, the police may refer such children to
a juvenile court, where they may officially be declared delinquents.  Crime
statistics, though they are often incomplete and may be misleading, do give an
indication of the extent of the delinquency problem.  The FBI reports that
during the early 1980's, about two-fifths of all arrests in the United States
for burglary and arson were of persons under the age of 18.  Juveniles also
accounted for about one-third of all arrests for larceny.  During any year,
about 4 % of all children between the ages of 10 and 18 appear in a juvenile
court. The percentage of youngsters in this group who are sent to court at
least once is much higher.  A third or more of those boys living in the slum
areas of large cities may appear in a juvenile court at least once. Girls are
becoming increasingly involved in juvenile delinquency.  Today, about one of
every five youngsters appearing in juvenile court is a girl.  In the early
1900's, this ratio was about 1 girl to every 50 or 60 boys. Sociologists have
conducted a number of studies to determine how much delinquency i...

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