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Social Process Theories Of Young Offenders

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Social process theories focus on the troubled aspects of young offenders ' lives, they often struggle with multiple problems at home, school, and in their communities prior to their first contact with the court and that they often lack the individual, family, or neighborhood resources to improve their situations. Young offenders often show problems in poor school performance, mental health problems (e.g., substance abuse, depression), unstable and unsupportive family relationships, poverty and crime-ridden communities, delinquent peer influences, and the absence of positive role models (Hawkins et al., 1998). Social process theories presume that youth offenders commit crimes because of circumstances that have failed them (e.g., lack of parental

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