Juvenile Delinquency May Be Regarded As An Extreme Consequence Of A Childs Unsuc

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Term Paper Title	Juvenile Delinquency May Be Regarded As An Extreme Consequence Of A Childs Unsuc
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Juvenile delinquency may be regarded as an extreme consequence of a child's unsuccessful interation with one of the more elements. Poverty, racial tensions, family conflict, peer pressure, mental and physical abililities , or inadequate educational oppurtunities may individually or collectively by factorss that negatively affect the child.
"Why can't they be like we were, perfect in every way, what's the matter with kids today?" This song taken from the 1950’s musical "Bye Bye Birdie" shows two parents frustrations with their children. Although "Bye Bye Birdie" is set in the 1950’s it depicts a kind of anti- youth bias that has plagued teenagers for generations. Even In our society today, teenagers have become a face for many of America's problems; crime, drugs the quality of education and values. President Clinton has been quick to endorse anti-truancy programs, child curfews and school uniforms. Politicians say they are out to protect children not just blame them. Many youth experts however, say that today’s youth are being scapegoated for adult problems. In a survey taken by the Ronald McDonald House adults said teenagers are, "rude irresponsible and wild".
CURRENT STATUS OF ISSUE
Many peoples perceptions about ‘kids today’ are exaggerated and simply wrong. Today’s youth are actually better off than our parents were a quarter of a century ago. We're less likely to smoke, drink, or do drugs, less likely to die at an early age, less likely to drive drunk, or die from a drug over dose and more likely to finish high school and go on to college. And we do every bit as well as our parents generation, if not somewhat better on aptitude and achievement tests. Yet, in a poll taken by "U.S. News and World Report" 83% of Americans said they thought that it was harder to be a kid today then it was a generation ago. In the book, It Takes a Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton, she writes, "Everywhere we look children are under assault from violence and neglect, from the break up of families, from the temptations of drugs, alcohol, tobacco and sex." Most of the problems the first lady spouts off are far from sky rocketing in fact they have actually diminished.
For example teens today are less likely to smoke. In 1994 1 in 5 high school seniors smoked by 1996 the ratio had fallen to 1 in 8.
The 1996 presidential campaign was filled with stories identifying a terrifying upsurge of drug use by high school students during Clinton’s first term. Most stories though failed...

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