SOC222 Lecture : SOC 222 MODULE NOTES.docx
18 Jul 2013
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We start to think: what would possess a person to do something like that, why do kids break the law, why do kids with the same background turn out differently. Youth who violate the law receive lots of attention from law enforcement, social service agencies, the government and media. Juvenile delinquency is related to and emerges from multiple sources: the individual, youths family, school, peer group, neighborhood, social class, overall social environment. What is meant by the term juvenile delinquency: research focuses on two primary ideas: Possible internal or external factors that could explain a young persons behaviour. Systematic response that we employ to prevent and control antisocial behaviour, which includes youth crimes. Many theoretical explanations for youth crime, which results in many different types of approaches to the prevention and control of youth crime. There is no one theory that explains why youths commit crimes. The scientific study of juvenile delinquency: theoretical explanation for three aspects of delinquency:
