Social Work and Juvenile Delinquency

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This paper discusses how today's children and youth are the citizens of tomorrow who will reflect the real productivity of a nation and why it is worthwhile for government, judiciary, social institutions, and collective community efforts to invest in them. It examines how such investments must also take the form of focusing on the eradication of juvenile delinquency and, in particular, looks at the role of the social worker in this capacity.

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"Dysfunctional families and their negative effect on youth are perhaps the most important social issue in juvenile crime. Youth from broken and single parent homes suffer from the absence of the traditional male and female role models; emotional security; and attention. What's more, the combination of poverty and absence of a traditional family structure and life lead to such youth suffering from physical and emotional abuse as well. Typically, this leads to minor and major infractions in socially accepted behavior and needs to be addressed both in rehabilitation attempts as well as at a macro level if society desires to see a reversal of the current upward trend in juvenile delinquency."

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