Juvenile Delinquency in the United States. Causes and Prevention

Pre-University Paper from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 14 Punkte = 1,3, language: English, abstract: This research paper makes an attempt to take a closer look at the risk factors of juvenile delinquency and introduces prevention measures that have been either proven effective or ineffective regarding their outcomes However, readers who wish to find definite answers to the questions concerning this topic will be disappointed, as there are no answers, which would explain the individual criminal deed of every single adolescent. Juvenile delinquency is an issue that should address all of us, because it harms entire communities, causes a culture of fear and ruins the careers of minors who are the most in need of support. Because gang violence and school shootings are both very particular sub-points of juvenile delinquency and are based on other risk factors and theories than the common ones, these two issues are excluded from the available research paper as they would require to much detailed knowledge on this criminological field.