Essays on Juvenile Delinquency

In today’s culture, juvenile delinquency is rampant. Approximately 6,318 arrests were made for every 100,000 adolescents aged 10 to 17 years old in the population eight years ago. Furthermore, juvenile courts in the United States handled about 1.5 million felony cases involving minors in 2009. (Scott & Steinberg 16). Government’s…

A status offense is described in juvenile law as an act committed by a minor that would not be deemed a crime if committed by an adult. Truancy, running away from home or from a parent, possession, and ingestion of alcohol or cigarettes, non-criminal traffic offenses, and disregarding a municipal…

Juvenile delinquency is the involvement of juveniles, i.e., children beyond the constitutional age limit, which is often 18 years of age, in illegal activity (Siegel and Welsh 13). A variety of causes contribute to juvenile delinquency, including psychological, sociological, and biological aspects of the individual’s life. A number of scholars…

Juvenile delinquency has long been a problem in most countries, and as such, it is an important part of criminology. Delinquency refers to a juvenile’s unwelcome omission, behavior, or character qualities that are not acceptable throughout the community. Juvenile delinquents are thus described as children under the age of 18…