Juvenile Delinquency

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This paper discusses how family functionality is indeed the most important factor regarding whether or not a youth will become delinquent. It explains that social support services should continue to put their efforts in this area. It discusses that, instead of sharing the care and discipline of the children, in many cases, one parent has to totally carry this burden. In situations where there are other socioeconomic pressures, such as low income, this significantly increases the difficulty for the single parent. Additional ways should be found to help these single parents, as well as dual-parent families, to handle the other challenges they face in their daily lives so they have the resources to provide their children with a stable upbringing.

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"Statistics show that the number of children who engage in juvenile delinquent or antisocial behavior is growing exponentially. Even though estimates of the amount of youth with conduct disorder have been cited at 2 to 6 percent of the population, or 1.3 to 3.8 million, some researchers note that the number may be as high as 3 to 1l percent. From 1991 to 1995, the total population of juveniles in private residential facilities increased from 36, 190 to 39, 671 or a growth of 9.62 percent (Moone, 1997). It is also estimated that in the United States, 1,234 youths run away from home and 2,255 teenagers drop out of school each day. Every five minutes a youth is arrested for some type of violent crime, and every two hours a child is killed by a gun (Edelman, 1995, p. 7)"

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