Juvenile Delinquency In America

From his letter, we can clearly feel his heart twisted and desire for revenge. It can be said, whether it is the abuser, or the victim, in this environment cannot have a healthy state of mind. Influence The main impact of domestic violence on the development of young people, in 5 years time in 16 years to mature.

New Orleans has been facing violence problems for many years. Some of the most common crimes are rape, murder, armed robbery, non-negligent manslaughter, and aggravated assault. It appears like some people have gotten used to seeing so much violence and some have even come up with ways to remember the names of the victims. The question that many people ask themselves is, “why is violence increasing?” According to Patrick Fagan propensity to crime develops in three stages associated with psychological and sociological factors.

Juvenile crime, let alone, the crime itself is a huge issue humans face on a daily basis. By definition, crime is an illegal act for which someone can be punished by the government. Criminal behavior is also referred to as deviant behavior, which is a departure from the social norm. Criminal statistics show an increase in crimes committed by youth over the years. By creating instructional theories, studies show the many reasons behind certain crimes.

Introduction Child and juvenile delinquency is a problem that affects every member within a community directly or indirectly. Whether it be having a family member who is a delinquent or having to pay more in taxes to cover the expenses associated with child and juvenile delinquency. In this paper I will highlight the prevalence and development of child delinquency, review the risk and protective factors, and end with the need for more and accessible treatment, services, and intervention programs. Prevalence and Development of Child Delinquency

Also Family history or traditions play a significant role in the formation of street gangs in the United States. (A) When considering why young people engage in felony one of the most common focal points is the family. Familial structure and composition, and the quality of the parent–child relationship have all come under examination in attempts to explain antisocial and criminal behaviour in young people. In particular, it is the idea that the ‘problem’ family, as opposed to the ‘normal’ family, creates the root for delinquency that dominates the discourse in this area. (Young, T et al 2008).

Gang violence has been a problem in society for several of years and is a growing problem each and every day. The youth that is involved in gang violence will have numerous effects upon them that will come soon or later when associated with a group of thugs. Children and teenagers if they still go to school when accompanying a gang, they face the heightened risk of dropping out of school; teen parenthood; be victimized by another gang ; abuse drugs and alcohol; commit petty and violent

The source goes on to say that “[t]he percentage of victims who say their perpetrator was black closely matches the percentage of African Americans arrested” (Costly, Andrew). This means that nearly every time there is a black perpetrator, said perpetrator is arrested. Even though white people make up more of those arrested for violent crimes, there are many more whites in the U.S. than African Americans. Furthermore, African Americans are only 14% of illegal monthly drug users and are 37% of those arrested for drugs (Quigley, Bill). From the U.S. Census Bureau and the NSDUH (the National Survey on Drug Use and Health), for every African American that has used drugs there are six white people that have used drugs.

People are raised into this gang violence, even children are receiving guns from the ages ten to thirteen. Members of these gangs join for protection, acceptance, and a family. It was known that if you were a man, you had to either fight or kill, “young black men were pretending to be men by killing each other” (Raised into Wrongfulness). People see this only as a crime and a gang problem, when it also generates from the poor education and the lack of work society is giving these gang members. It’s very important that equal opportunities

One of the factors that cause crime in our society is the abuse of drugs and alcohol. They alter natural chemicals that a brain produces to help people think, feel, and make decisions. The consumption of these chemicals can affect a person both now and in the future because of the of the crimes that they

Based on. “Although African Americans make up only 13 percent of the population, they constitute 48 percent of all murder victims—93 percent of whom are killed by other blacks—and they commit 51 percent of the murders in which the case is solved. A standard argument against the death penalty is that it is racist because 40 percent of those on death row are African American”(Tucker). This is saying that out of 100 people sentenced on death row, 40 or more of them are usually african american. That is a high number of people to be executed for murders, which occur daily across America.

This was based on thinking about impacts of juvenile incarceration and then contemplating what thoughts could also be applied to cars, and plants, (specifically marijuana). Young adults in correctional facilities certainly introduces additional struggles and issues within families and their households. Certainly, parents that use or sell marijuana alter family dynamics, futures, and situations throughout life, and the same would be true if children participate in those activities. Also, whether or not a family has a car makes a huge difference in terms of its quality of life and future success, not only for adults but their children. Family could quite possibly be the most important institution in peoples’ lives; therefore, examining how specific events, actions, and resources strengthen, weaken, assist, and inhibit the institution of family is

(Michelle Alexander, 2010:58) The three strikes law targeted the communities affluent with minority groups. At the turn of the 21st century the majority that entered the prison system were African Americans and Latinos. (Michelle Alexander, 2010) The reason behind mass incarceration was due to the crack down on the deteriorating communities where the majority of minorities lived. Authors Scott Ehlers, Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg of Still Striking Out: Ten Years of California’s Three Strikes (2004) report that African Americans in prison because of the three strike law is higher per every 100,000 African American than Whites and Latinos in California. (U.S. Census Bureau

Between 1999-2016 there were more white victims than black killed by law enforcement , however, blacks only make up 12% of the population. Breaking it down, this shows that blacks are at a 3.5 times greater risk of being one of the 776 killed by police shootings. Are blacks becoming the victims of these shootings? What might have caused these statistics? Recent studies show minimal to no consequences for misconduct

Violence is an ongoing problem, moreover one cannot argue that the incarceration in the United States has increased in the last two decades. Youth incarceration in particularly, has become a problem that is affecting our society today. One can question if incarceration of young adults impacts their future by the chance of criminal activity reoccurrence. When young adults commit criminal acts they get labelled, criminal. Labelling goes a long way, especially for young adult.

According to New York City Police Department, “NY police 80% stops were of blacks and Latinos, when whites were stopped, only 8%” (Quigley). Blacks and Latinos aren’t treating equally in NY City. Also, in California, American Civil Liberties Union found blacks are three times more likely to be stopped than whites. This shows institutional discrimination, mainly against Blacks, Latinos and they treated based on their race