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Female juvenile delinquency is on the increase. This paper looks at female friendships in order to understand some of the influencing factors. First, the issue of gang membership and the reasons for membership that leads to crime is examined. This indicates that peer pressure is a string influence. The paper then looks at a study undertaken that supports the hypothesis that peer pressure is perceived as higher in delinquent females when compared to non delinquent females. The same study also indicated the quality of friendships was not significantly different but communication was lower in the delinquent females. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
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and the reasons for membership that leads to crime is examined. This indicates that peer pressure is a string influence. The paper then looks at a study undertaken that supports
the hypothesis that peer pressure is perceived as higher in delinquent females when compared to non delinquent females. The same study also indicated the quality of friendships was not significantly
different but communication was lower in the delinquent females. Juvenile delinquency has been seen as a problem for many decades. There
are many theories, from looking at social factors though to the application of theories such as control theories, where it is missing rather than present factors that create the potential
for delinquent behaviour. There is little doubt that at a young age a child a child may be seen as pre-moral and is not able to distinguish what is right
or acceptable, from what is wrong, bad or unacceptable behaviour as a result infractions may occur in total innocence. As the maturation process takes place a moral development also take
place with an increased understanding of what is and is not acceptable taking place. This is true for both male and female juveniles, however, in this paper the student wants
to consider the female juveniles only. There are a range of theorists, from Piaget who placed ages on his development stages to
Kohlberg who looked at mental development in terms of three logical stages without any attached ages. Whatever theories are adopted for the development of an individual, by the time they
reach adolescence in the majority of instances there will be a complex understanding of moral reasoning and social expectations and norms. The question at this stage is why, with
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