Theories in Youth Crime

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In this essay the writer discusses a theory about youth crime in Huberville between the years of 1960 and 1990 and why this rate began to decrease after 1990. Furthermore, the writer attempts to explain how this theory of delinquency might have an influence on the legal ideology of juvenile justice in the city. Lastly, the writer discusses social policies which may stabilize or decrease the crime rate of the youth in Huberville. The writer concludes that Huberville's working and immigrant class may benefit from a program such as the one mentioned in the paper, which gives youth at risk someone whom they are close to and do not want to disappoint and who will encourage more conventional behavior.

From the Paper:

"This theory of criminal activity however does not explain why the crime rate among the youth as well as the adult of Huberville increased from 1960 to 1990 and then began to decrease when the city was revitalized. Although the city changed from a more stable city environment before 1959 to a more transient environment after that date, many of the same youths who were present before 1959 were still present after 1959. If these individuals had self control before that date it would stand to reason that they still had self control after that date so there must have been something that changed other than the level of self control which the youth possessed that would encourage them to engage in more criminal behavior. One thing that had changed in Huberville shortly before the crime rate increased was that the largest employer in the city closed its doors. This action which plunged Huberville into a recession also led to high unemployment rate of people would did possess the self control to work for a living before the jobs left town."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Juvenile Delinquency. (2006). Wikipedia Encyclopedia. Retrieved on April 4, 2006 from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juvenile_delinquency
• Lochner Lance and Enrico Moretti. (n.d.) The Social Savings from reducing Crime through Education. JCPR: Policy Briefs - Vol. 4; No. 5.Retrieved on April 4, 2006 from:http://www.jcpr.org/policybriefs/vol4_num5.html
• Sherman, Lawrence W. (1993) Communities and Crime Prevention. National Academy of Sciences.Retrieved on April 4, 2006 from:http://www.ncjrs.gov/works/chapter3.htm
• Strain Theory. (2006) Wikipedia Encyclopedia. Retrieved on April 4, 2006 from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strain_theory

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