JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

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Defined as those under specified age who are not subject to criminal section when they commit behavior that would be considered criminal for someone over that age.

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Juvenile

Question 2

The term juvenile is derived from the latin word

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Juvenis meaning young

Question 3

The participation in illegal behavior by minor who fall under a slatutory limit.

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Juvenile deliquency

Question 4

is something that somebody underage has done that is only illegal because of their life as minor

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Status Offesce

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Stages of delinquency

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Emergence
exploration
explosion
conflagration

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the child begins petty larceny between 8-12

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emergence

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he or she then may move on shoplifting and vandalism 12-14

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exploration

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at the age of 13, there is substantial increase in variety and seriousness

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explosion

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at round 15, 4 or more types of crime are added

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conflagration

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CLASSIFICATION OF DELIQUENCY

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Unsocialized Aggression
Socialized Delinquency
Over-inhibited

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REjected or abandoned, no parents to imitate and become aggressive.

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Unsocialized Aggression

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membership in fraternities or groups that advocate bad things

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Socialized Delinquency

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group secretly trained to do illegal activities like marijuana cultivation

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over-inhibited

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PATHWAY TO DELINQUENCY

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Authority-conflict pathway
Covert Pathway
Over Pathway

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Begins at early age with stubborn behavior

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Authority-conflict authority

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Begins with minor, underhanded behavior that leads to property damage

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covert pathway

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escalates to aggressive acts beginning with aggression and leading to physical fighting and then violence

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Overt pathway

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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY TENDENCIES

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Malicious
Negativistic
Non-Utilitarian
Hedonistic

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expression at defiance

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Malicious

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changeable attitude like not being satisfied with status

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Negativistic

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Doing bad things for pleasure

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Hedonistic

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vandalistic like graffiti

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Non-Utilitarian

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TYPES OF DELINQUENT YOUTH

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SOCIALIZED DELINQUENT
NUEROTIC DELINQUENT
PSYCHOTIC DELINQUENT
SOCIAPATH DELINQUENT

Question 24

They become delinqunts as a result of their association with people from whom they learned deviant behaviors

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SOCIALIZED DELINQUENT

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they may become deviant because of anxiety or neurotic compulsion

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NUEROTIC DELINQUENT

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disorted view of reality and their delusional thoughts may compel them to commit weird acts that violates the law. They tend to commit most heinous and senseless act of violence

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PSYCHOTIC DELINQUENTS

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these youth are characterized by an egocentric personality.

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SOCIOPATH DELINQUENTS

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they are occasional law breakers

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ENVIRONMENTAL DELIQUENTS

Question 29

these delinquents are chronic lawbreakers who make breaking of laws a habit they cannot avoid

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EMOTIONALLY MALADJUSTED DELINQUENTS

Question 30

are person who become delinquent due to mental illness or serious emotional disturbance in family.

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PSYCHIATRIC DELIQUENTS

Question 31

these delinquents participate in a group. They have common or similar characteristics. They are professional. They do what others are doing

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OCCASIONAL DELIQUENCY

Question 32

they commit serious infraction sent to a correctional institution and continuous in pattern at semi-professional criminal behavior as adults

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GANG DELINQUENTS