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A 20 page discussion of the problem of juvenile delinquency. The author asserts that this
problem can relate to a number of factors including the particulars of a child's home life, their socioeconomic status, etc. Finding a solution to
juvenile delinquency, however, is not as easy as determining its causes. Bibliography lists 23 sources.
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20 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPjuvDl3.rtf
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Juvenile delinquency is just one of the many reflections we have of a deteriorating society. Juveniles are responsible for a greater and
greater percentage of the crimes we are witnessing in the world and a greater and greater percentage of violent crimes in particular. The behavior of far too many of
our nations children has disintegrated from that which is societally acceptable to that which is societally reprehensible. There is, of course, no one place to lodge the blame for
juvenile delinquency. Numerous factors have been explored at to their potential role in this problem. Family environment, socioeconomic position, and even gender have been implicated as potentially causative
factors. So too, however, have a variety of other factors. While there is no one place to place the blame for the problems we are currently experiencing in
society, juvenile delinquency represents a significant percentage of those problems. Consequently, it is a problem in demand of an immediate solution. Statistics
regarding juvenile crime are alarming yet they can sometimes be misleading or flagrantly inaccurate. While there are national databases for such statistics, all incidents of juvenile delinquency are not
entered into these databases. Statistic provide only part of the story of juvenile delinquency. Many jump to arrest records as their primary gauge of juvenile crime. Considering
arrest records alone, however, is simply insufficient to gauge the problem of juvenile delinquency. Lynch (2002) cautions:
"Being arrested is imperfectly related to committing an offense. Fewer than 50 percent of all violent crimes are reported to the police (Rennison, 2000). Even
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