Abstract
This paper is comprised of answering two questions in regards to interventions for delinquent youth. The first question is: Are individual factors or family factors more important when creating interventions for delinquent youth? It discusses the impact of these factors and an approach the writer considers valuable to to address the issue. The second question is: What interventions would be emphasized in a balanced approach to sanctioning, rehabilitative intervention and public safety? The writer argues an approach called "competency development" in a balanced fashion would be best.

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"Considering the impact of the above listed personal and familial risk factors for delinquency, I would say both are equally important when developing interventions for delinquent youths. Ek's (2008) study demonstrated clusters of respondents who had were lacking in one area, but not the other, and still the result was a higher level of delinquency than the cluster who had protective factors in place in both familial and individual categories. It follows that simply addressing one side of the delinquency equation would not provide the positive result needed to develop an effective delinquency intervention.
"The type of intervention I feel is most effective is a multi-pronged approach that not only seeks to address individual and familial factors, but also community, peer, and educational factors as well (Christie & Yell, 2008). An effective delinquency intervention must address the youth's self-esteem needs as well as improving their coping skills. The youth's attitudes towards drugs and antisocial behavior must be altered, as well as their commitment to schooling. With this increased commitment to education must come an educational factor to the intervention program to help facilitate learning for the affected youths. The parents and extended family must be involved, for the intervention to be successful. This includes, but is not limited to, improving parenting skills involving supervision and discipline. Community factors, including: the physical environment, recreational and economic opportunities, and social supports, must be in place to ensure the success of the residents ("Risk and protective", 2007). Additionally, as Leve and Chamberlain (2005) noted "association with delinquent peers is a recognized pre-cursor to continued delinquency" and as such must be a part of an effective delinquency intervention."

Tags:risk factors, delinquency, youth, crime, interventions

Abstract
This paper discusses the hypothesis that juveniles with delinquent peer associations are more likely to engage in deliquency themselves than juveniles without deliquent peer associations.

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"This paper presents a proposal for a descriptive three variable design to test the hypothesis that juveniles with delinquent peer associations are more likely to engage in delinquency themselves than are juveniles without delinquent peer associations. The paper begins with a brief review of the literature and a statement of the research problem. This is followed by a delineation and discussion of the methodology that will..."

Tags:Juvenile, Delinquency

Abstract
This paper presents a case study which illustrates how latent traits and environmental factors combine to create delinquent behavior. Specifically, the paper explores the family life of a troubled teen and the failed interventions which sought to rescue him from a life of crime. The paper also looks at the consequences of the young person's actions and considers how his behavior fits in with orthodox descriptions of delinquent behavior. Finally, the paper discusses and analyzes the social control theory and the self-control theory which offer potential explanations for his behavior and suggests that one of them appears to offer a more accurate insight into "Steven's" plight than the other.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Self-Control Theory and Delinquent Behavior

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"Ultimately, this writer believes that both the social control theory and the self-control theory offer significant explanations for Steve's delinquency. However, the self-control theory actually appears rather more pertinent insofar as Steven was, by all accounts, a rebellious and even violent child from a very early age. As well, it is commonly known that his parents were dominant factors in his early life - because of social isolation, he spent far more time with them than with anyone else (he was, in fact, home-schooled at one point by his mother) - and both Steven's father and his grandfather had serious "run-ins" with the law. This evidence suggests that a genetic predisposition to antisocial behavior may run in the family and, to the extent this is true, then Steven's problems are the manifestation of a latent trait that has always been there and perhaps will always be there."

Tags:rebellious, social, violence, antisocial

Abstract
This paper looks at a case study which illustrates how latent traits and environmental factors combine to create delinquent behavior. Specifically, the paper explores the family life of a trouble teen and the failed interventions which sought to rescue him from a life of crime. The paper also looks at the consequences of the young person's actions and considers how his behavior fits in with orthodox descriptions of delinquent behavior. Finally, the paper looks at two theories which offer potential explanations for the young person's behavior and suggests that one of them appears to offer a more accurate insight into "Steven's" plight than the other - although both social control theory and self-control theory (the one eventually favored) have their merits in this instance.

Tags:self, control, theory

Abstract
The paper discusses and analyzes the book "Delinquent Daughters: Protecting and Policing Adolescent Female Sexuality in the United States, 1885-1920" by Mary E. Odem. The paper analyzes book's thesis and key themes and notes that, in the book, the author, Mary E. Odem, studies the sexuality laws protecting young women in the late 19th and early 20th century, and the reformers who attempted to make sure these laws were held up in court. The paper relates that the theme and underlying thread that ties Odem's work together is her focus on both the moral reform policies of the time and the actual enforcement of those policies at the local court level.

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"The book is actually broken up into two key periods, the 1880s, when society believed young women were morally corrupted by older men, and the two decades after the turn of the century, when reformers believed there was a new type of delinquent young woman who needed policing from her own decadent desires. The first period viewed young women as nothing more than victims of sexual predators, and one reaction was to raise the age of consent in the courts, in an attempt to catch more men preying on young women."

Tags:sexual, relationships, sexual, abuse, reformers, societal, and, family, environments, behavioral, problems

Abstract
This paper uses journal literature as a basis to arrive at a definition of 'delinquent'. Incarcerated parents are included, but only to the extent that the research allows - as models.

Abstract
This paper looks at how juvenile delinquency is linked to the families the offenders come from. Links are examined in regards to the abuse of children during childhood, low levels of family affection and high levels of family conflict, the use of ineffective or inconsistent disciplinary practices and the structure of the family.

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"The first and most obvious cause in the family is most probably the lack of parental affection or parental rejection. This happens mostly in families whereby the parents are very busy, broken homes or those where arguments are part of a daily routine. Cernkovich and Giordano (1987) found that ?delinquent behavior in a large sample of high-school students was associated with parent-adolescent conflict, low parental acceptance and low parental caring and trust.? Children that feel rejected or unloved may sometimes find ways to attract attention. The ways children do so varies from just crying all day long or calling their parents every single second, to committing crimes. This is why some children of rejecting parents display aggressive behavior. Interactions between parents and child are also important to prevent the child from feeling rejected. J. Pincus said, ?Parenting that promotes interpersonal and communicative relations, academic and professional skills, as well as encourages the development of normative values and positive behavioral standards in children.? This positive interaction between parent and child is important in establishing a strong bond and the formation of appropriate behavioral characteristics in children."

Tags:delinquency, juvenile

Abstract
The paper discusses how young people are faced with many pressures in today's complex world and so many surmise that this pressure from parents, peers, and significant others, coupled with the desire to succeed, has caused many to turn to delinquent behavior as a solution. Hence, this paper investigates the relationship between negative labeling and delinquency using a symbolic interactionism perspective.

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"Young people are faced with many pressures in today's complex world. Thus, many surmise that this pressure from parents, peers, and significant others, coupled with the desire to succeed has caused many to turn to delinquent behavior as a solution. Hence, this paper will investigate the relationship between negative labeling and delinquency using a symbolic interacitonism perspective."

Tags:symbolic, interactionism, delinquent

Abstract
This paper commences an analysis of a prostitute, Nita, by looking at the parenting skills of her mother whom the author mostly blames for Nita's failure to find self-fulfillment in positive activities. The author points out the extreme difference in the way Nita turned out as compared to her best friend Kelly, who shared almost every sociological situation with her. The paper concludes that Kelly's mother made her daughter apply herself to her schooling goals; whereas, Nita's mother never directed Nita so that she consistently would experienced a course of action leading to the achievement of a goal.

Table of Contents:
Introduction of Person
Consequences of Behavior
Opinion on Factors Which Have Contributed to Behavior
Interventions Tried
Summary of Some of the Factors about the Person
Comparison of Person with Antisocial Behavior with "Normal" Person
Comments on Comparison of Person Profiled and People with Antisocial Behavior

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"In comparison, Kelly's mother (also a single mom) was concerned when Kelly and Nita were caught shoplifting and when Nita got pregnant. But she found a way to discipline and keep tabs on Kelly enough so that Kelly was made to apply herself to her schooling goals again. Kelly had to attend dance and music classes when she was young, even when she didn't want to go and Kelly's mother had been consistent in her disciplining of Kelly throughout her young life. Kelly's mother also listened without being judgmental to anything that Kelly told her and allowed Kelly to make her own decisions about most activities."

Tags:socialization, antisocial behavior, half-hearted intervention drugs

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This essay provides an overview of various facets of juvenile delinquency, while concentrating on the different types of criminal behavior. The paper categorizes the crimes and behavior that constitute juvenile delinquency, discusses the legal side of juvenile delinquency, and presents statistics on which crimes are committed most often, who commits them most often, and where they most often occur.

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"In the United States, the Juvenile Justice System is the legal system through which cases involving minors are handled. The system was implemented into U.S. policy in 1899. The Juvenile Justice System was instituted during the Progressive Era, a period of social reform in the U.S. in the early twentieth century. It was initially designed to assist delinquent youth that were being dealt with within the adult system. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act called for a deinstitutionalization of juvenile delinquents. It required that states holding youth within adult prisons for status offenses remove them within a span of two years. Juvenile delinquency, according to the U.S. Code, is a violation of the law committed by a person under the age of 18 that would be considered a crime if it was committed by a person 18 or older. By federal standards all persons 17 and under are considered juveniles. Each state, however, has been given the authority to decide who, by age, may be tried in juvenile courts."

Tags:children, adults, crime, parental, neglect, nature, nurture, adhd, antisocial, behavior, substance, abuse