Juvenile Delinquency

Running Head : Juvenile Delinquency

Juvenile delinquency and prevention

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Juvenile delinquency is a problem that is facing the society today . This is because of the various factors such as social and economic factors that force some of the juveniles to engage themselves in such activities . Measures have been put in place to ensure that juvenile delinquency is put under control . This paper is going to look at juvenile delinquency , factors that contribute to this kind of activities and the possible measures

which can be used to control such activities

Juvenile delinquency

Juvenile delinquency is a term that is given to juveniles involved in crimes . Juveniles are children who have not yet attained the right age to be classified as adults . Depending on the nature of a case , a juvenile can be tried as an adult in a court of law but mostly they are tried in juvenile courts . Some of the crimes which are committed by juveniles range from small crimes such as repeated cutting of school to serious crimes such as theft , murder and felony . When juveniles repeatedly commit crime , they are tried and confined in juvenile detention centers (Bartollas Miller , 2008

History

Juvenile delinquency has continually posed a serious dilemma to the public and the people around the juveniles over ages . Because of lack of a steady code through which the justice system during American Revolution could use to punish criminals , juveniles and other special groups such as insane individuals used to be...