Juvenile Delinquency

Remember doing something mischievous or wrong when you were a kid and getting the label "delinquent" slapped on you? Did you ever wonder what it meant? The legal term "juvenile delinquency" was established so that young lawbreakers could avoid the disgrace of being classified in legal records as criminals. Juvenile delinquency laws were designed to provide treatment, rather than punishment, for juvenile offenders. Young delinquents are usually sent to juvenile courts, where the main aim …showed first 75 words of 987 total…

…showed last 75 words of 987 total…the delinquency problems that we have, parents and other authoritative figures need to realize what they are doing wrong. Neglect. That is the major factor for juvenile delinquency. If parents and other adults can spend more time with kids and keep their free time occupied, then we can make progress from there. Of course, there are going to be the bad seeds in the apple, but we can always strive to help the good ones.