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Essay / Research Paper Abstract
This 5.5 page paper explores the some of the
major causes of juvenile delinquency: gang
membership, poor cognitive and problem solving
skills, substance abuse, lack of positive adult
involvement in their life, as well as teen
parenting and being "just plain bad."
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BBjvjail.doc
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by the age of eight, and sometimes much sooner. After age eight, youngsters are less likely to respond to correctional treatment as they gravitate toward truancy, street gangs, violent crime,
and prison or early death. In Bellingham, Washington, Detective Steve Lance, who directs a police unit that targets serious habitual offenders who are juveniles, echoes: "If we wait until theyre
eight, its too late. Weve got to get them when theyre two." Profile: According to Methwin (1997), the hard-core young thug-to-be starts stealing from mamas purse before hes 10.
By the fourth and fifth grades, he is skipping school. As he enters his teens, hes gangbanging--and on the track to prison or an early violent death. Typically he is
committing burglaries at about 15, armed robberies at 16, and often killing by18--and sometimes much younger. He considers himself "hard core". He often will no longer be using his birth
name, but rather one conferred by the street and his homies. As we begin to search for causes that contribute to the delinquency of Juan/Johnny/or "Savvy", we may begin
to wonder how any kid makes it though his teen age years. There are no longer any singular, glow-in-the-dark signs anymore, but rather a multiplicity of conditions which reflect
our complex world. Lets look at a few of them. Gang membership: Teams at several universities collaborated in studies of the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency program in three
cities, according to Burch and Thornberry (1997) The findings from the Rochester (New York) Youth Development Study (RYDS) concerned the contributions of youth gang membership to delinquency. The
RYDS started with a sample of 1,000 boys and girls in the 7th and 8th grades of the Rochester public schools. The sample included more youth from high-crime areas and
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