Social Characteristics of Juvenile Offenders
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Wanda is a 16-year-old African-American who lives in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood. She lives with her mother and five siblings. Wanda and another girl, also of a minority group, were taken into custody by the police for fighting.
Discuss the social characteristics that Wanda may have in common with other juvenile offenders and explain how these social characteristics may or may not impact her likelihood of involvement with the juvenile justice system. In your discussion, try to delve past statistical categories and look more closely at the factors that might impact this demographical information.
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OBJECTIVE
-Identify the theories of juvenile delinquency and how they relate to the concept of juvenile crime.
-Summarize the social characteristics of the juvenile court system and accompanying laws.
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Social characteristics that Wanda may have in common with other juvenile offenders are a lack of supervision and poor relationship with parents are some of the social characteristics Wanda might have in common with other juvenile offenders. In addition, juvenile offenders thrive in an environment where the parents are unaware of the whereabouts and friends of the children. Further if there is a conflict between the parents is another characteristic that Wanda may share with other juvenile offenders.
Usually there are two types of social factors that Wanda might share with other juvenile offenders. These are social factors related to school and the other is social factors related to the family. Factors related to school include, the child is emotionally disturbed or needs special education. Further factors related to school that are identified include children that have been rusticated, have played truant or have grade levels below normal. The family related factors include substance abuse by parents and domestic violence. In addition, if the parent has been to jail it is an additional factor that Wanda may share with some other juvenile offenders. Disorganization in the family like parental divorce may be another characteristic that Wanda may share with other juvenile offenders. Finally, Wanda may have delinquent peers or peers that indulge in substance abuse (2).
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