Question

Juvenile Justice Subject

Chapter 1:

1A) Discuss three factors that contribute to a minor becoming involved in juvenile delinquency?

1B) Include a relative example or scenario for each factor! Then, discuss with your classmates

Answer 1

Juvenile delinquencies means Illegal actins by a minor. This term has a very broad meaning, skipping from school to commit a serious crime are parts of the term. A juvenile delinquent is a person who is typically below 18 years of age. some countries or state is below 17 years of age.Number of factors are influencing a minor become involving unlawful activities. Follwing are the three factors that contribute to juvenile delinquency.

(1) Socio economic factors: Social background of a person and financial situation influence attitude of a person. Everyone likes to live in a better standard but if they fail to fulfill that standard in normal life some people moves to commit crime.Poor school education, influence of youth gang may also cause for violence and crime. For instance a person living in a slum and most of the neighbors are uneducated and doing unlawful additivities. This may lead to influence young community of that particular society.

(2) Personality factors: This include psychological,Neurological and gender of a person. If a person with serious conduct disorder, that develop during childhood and apparent itself during Adolescence. This behaviour leads to antisocial activities. For example a person with lack of empathy may he commit simple anti social additivities. Impulsiveness and aggression also part of a persons' behaviour so neurological aspects also connected to commit crime. They predictors of different types of delinquency vary across female and male for various reason. Both gender moulded in a different reason and their socialization is differnt.This factors are also influence in unlawful activities.

(3)Substance abuse:It is a very common cause for delinquency. child who is using the substance may he/she fails to find substance all the time. The lack of necessities leads to commit some illegal activities to sustain their habit.