Every single person living in the United States today is affected by juvenile crime. It affects parents, neighbors, teachers, and families. It affects the victims of crime, the perpetrators, and the bystanders. While delinquency rates have been decreasing, rates are still too high. There have been numerous programs that have attempted to lower this rate.
The most important demographic characteristics of a juvenile murderer is age and gender (violence committed, 2015). Looking at the gender demographics, boys in late adolescence have a higher rate to be serious offenders than girls (Chaiken, 1995b) as cited in (violence committed, 2015). And this is because violent offences are committed much more by males. However, females do have a considerable involvement in serious offences (violence committed, 2015). The study conducted by (Fox, 1996) shows the pronounced increased role in male homicide problem, who are aged 14-24.
The criminal justice system when dealing with young offenders is a controversial issue in the society and the Juvenile Justice System attempt to seek a balance through a combination of both the welfare and the justice model; striving to approach young offenders in the fairest and most suitable manner. In a recent research, the NSW Commission for Children and Young People rate suggests that there are twice more juvenile offenders than adults and are increasing towards 2005 and onwards. The juvenile justice suggests the possible various factors for these offences include: poor parental supervision, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness, negative peer association, poor personal and social skills, or difficulties in school or employment. The magistrate attempts to generally use the welfare model when dealing with minor crimes such as shoplifting as the causes of crime can relate to different factors such as the young offenders’ social and psychological factors or their state of economy. The criminal justice system has an obligation to protect children and young people from different causes of crime and assists in their rehabilitation from recidivism.
Running head: JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS PAPER 1 Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper CJA/374 JUVENILE CRIME STATISTICS PAPER 2 Juvenile Crime Statistics Paper Introduction Juvenile crime statistics is truly misunderstood by today’s society. The general public pushes for harsher punishment when in reality juvenile crime rate has actually decreased. This paper will summarize the “Juvenile Arrests 2008”. This paper will further discuss the overall decrease in juvenile arrests, the increase in drug offenses and simple assaults, implications for juvenile females and members of ethnic and racial minorities, an increase in juvenile female arrests and a decrease in arrests for juvenile male offenders for violent crimes, as well as what assessment are used to track juvenile arrests in order to measure the amount of juvenile crime as well as its trends. The Overall Decrease in Juvenile Arrests Overall Review Data from 2008 shows that juvenile arrests for violent crime declined between 2006 and 2008.
Juvenile Crime Statistics After a decade of growth, the incidence of violent crime in America suddenly began to drop in the mid-1990s. Criminologists propose various reasons for the sudden turnaround in violent crime. Explanations include a strong economy, changing demographics, changes in the market for illegal drugs and the use of firearms, expanded imprisonment, policing innovations, and a growing cultural intolerance for violent behavior. Regardless of which explanation one favors, it is clear that previous increases as well as recent decreases in violent crime were disproportionately generated by the nation’s youth. Criminal behavior has always been more prevalent among young people.
Growing Up In the Hood It is no coincidence that inner city areas are full of crime and typically are statistically higher than small towns and rural areas. On average a youth that is being brought up in a metropolis like Philadelphia, New York or Los Angeles or other areas that are full of violent crimes is doomed. And in a sense has no other option except to do and align him or her in some of the negative ideas and activities that go on around them. Therefore, one believes that the most influential scene in a child’s life is the neighborhood that he grows up in. As a Parent one can honestly say it is impossibility to constantly watch over your children 100 percent of the time.
“Last year, 15,890 Americans became victims of violent crime each day” (Brinkerhoff). Property crimes are the most committed crimes in the U.S. (Crime). I am shocked how many crimes are committed daily in the U.S. What causes people to commit criminal behavior? Are they born to be aggressive? Are criminals made from their environment?
‘Widely publicized school shootings during the late 1990’s and early years of the twenty-first century have raised public concerns about rising adolescent violence and created the perception that juvenile delinquency is increasing.’ Statistics shows that juvenile crime rates are actually declining. In 2001, the total number of juvenile arrests was 2.3 million—a figure 4 percent below the total for 2000 and 20 percent below the 1997 total….. However this is a situation that evolved over the years and has not been dealt with appropriately and it can lead to murder, burglary, suicide, school dropout and a state of depression as well. I strongly agree that juvenile delinquency is most prominent in the secondary educational system and it can hamper the child’s ability to learn and it can also cause a nervous breakdown of the child’s nervous system. The three major factors in the secondary educational system that contribute to juvenile delinquency are single parent families, delinquent peers and the mass media.
This is because most teens tend to offend by committing non-violent crimes, only once or a few times, and only during adolescence. It is when adolescents offend repeatedly or violently that their offending is likely to continue beyond adolescence, and become increasingly violent. It is also likely that if this is the case, they began offending, and displaying antisocial behaviour, even before reaching adolescence[4]. Contents [hide] 1 The development of juvenile delinquency 2 Types of juvenile delinquency 2.1 Sex differences 2.2 Racial differences 3 Risk factors 3.1 Individual risk factors 3.2 Family environment and peer influence 4 Crime Theories Applicable to Juvenile Delinquency 4.1 Rational choice 4.2 Social disorganization 4.3 Strain 4.4 Differential association 4.5 Labeling 4.6 Social
This leaves many young working class people with little alternative but to meet up with friends, and hang around streets and estates looking for something to do. This was evident in the 2011 London riots where we saw groups of jaded juveniles roam the streets of London as a mob mentality causing a disgruntled and ominous environment. Another issue is concerning education. A lack of educational values is another driving force in the admittance of many people to crime.There is a number of reasons to believe that education will affect subsequent crime. Firstly, Schooling increases the returns to legitimate