Juvenile Delinquency

Term Paper # 108563

Criminology > Criminal Justice and Corrections
Criminology > Juvenile Justice

A brief look at the causes of juvenile delinquency and the laws concerning their trials as adults.

1,599 words () | 2 sources | APA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

Using the example of five juveniles accused of killing an eighty-one year old man, this paper examines the laws concerning juvenile crime and looks at some theories as to why many juveniles break the law, such as free will and biological positivism. The paper also discusses whether juvenile delinquents should be tried as adults for their crimes.

From the Paper:

"In the past there have been studies that have identified three groups of criminal offenders. These groups have been broken up into three. The first group only offends during their juvenile years, the second group offends during their adult years, and the third group offends during both periods. "Some scholars argue that juvenile offenders' transition to adult crime is due to their prior participation in unlawful activities. Other scholars contend that some individuals have a higher propensity to delinquency than do others and that this higher propensity persists over time. This higher propensity is related to such factors as poor parental supervision, parental rejection, parental criminality, delinquent siblings, and low IQ" (Bartollas and Miller, 2008)."

Sample of Sources Used:

Bartollas, C, & Miller, S (2008). Juvenile Justice in America Fifth Edition.Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall.
DA wants to try teen suspects in beating death as adults. (2008, June, 17). The Bakersfield Californian, Retrieved July 3, 2008, from http://www.bakersfield.com/hourly- news/story/474403.html