Causes Of Delinquency In The 1950's

1950’s Rock and Roll and Juvenile Delinquency Zachary B. Sandefur Texas State University   The 1950’s, a time of growth, a time of a technological advancement, a time of a new culture, this was America. Post WWII America was full of joy, full of ambition and overflowing talent that helped develop an amazing period in American history. One important outcome of this decade was the birth of Rock and Roll. Rock and Roll was new, it was hip, but it was also frowned upon by many of the adult

For comic book enthusiasts during the 1950’s, Frederic Wertham was more threatening to the reader than any fictitious villain that they had read of before. This is because Dr. Frederic Wertham dedicated his career to attacking the negative impact comic books had on its readers. Additionally, he discussed the atrocious social implications they produced in American culture. Wertham took a similar viewpoint to Sigmund Freud in that he believed, one’s morals are strongly influenced by the society in

In the 1950’s, the division between adults and youth was growing due to the negativity surrounding the youth culture of the time. The movies, “Rebel Without A Cause” and “Blackboard Jungle, focus on the juvenile delinquency of teenagers of the time such as, the disrespect toward authority, issues of crime, and the uncontrollable emotions. “Rebel Without A Cause” focuses on the teenage rebellion of one teenager who has a very troubled relationship with his father because of the unjustified alienation

scientific examination of the connection of social disorganization and crime mediated by structural factors. The macro-level research concludes that a weakening of social bonds between an individual and institutions of socialization will lead to delinquency. Over time, there has been much empirical support for the theory and extensions have been made to include more reliable measures of social disorganization within a community. This paper will discuss the origins of the theory developed by Shaw and

During the long fifties there was a lot of tension and worry, but many remember this time as quiet and peaceful. These tensions and worries from the 1950’s are evident in the films The Thing from Another World and Rebel Without a Cause. In the following paragraphs I will discuss the various fears that each film finds threatening and how the films suggest that it is managed and contained. The film that I will start out with is The Thing from Another World. The Thing from Another World was produced

In the 1950’s, censorship was a major part of media coming out of World War II, and into the Cold War era , America was scared of communism. Everything was censored from radio and television to books and comics. Comic books had the biggest attack by Dr Frederick Wertham, a German-American psychiatrist in his book “Seduction of The Innocent” published in 1954. He used fear to convince the public that comics increased teen delinquency. He argued so well that congress stepped in and had a subcommittee

1950s Movie Essay: Rebel Without A Cause Introduction Rebel Without A Cause is a very popular film from 1955. It depicts life in the 1950's from the viewpoint of three teenagers who live in Los Angeles, California. They live in a comfortable environment in middle-class America. However, they must deal with their own inabilities to "fit" into society. The teens try to fit in with their peers and find the love they so desperately need from their families and others like their peers. The biases

1950s Movie Essay: Rebel Without A Cause Introduction Rebel Without A Cause is a very popular film from 1955. It depicts life in the 1950's from the viewpoint of three teenagers who live in Los Angeles, California. They live in a comfortable environment in middle-class America. However, they must deal with their own inabilities to "fit" into society. The teens try to fit in with their peers and find the love they so desperately need from their families and others like their peers. The biases

In order to understand the points of view on the causes of juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquency itself must be defined. Juvenile delinquency is criminal, or illegal behavior that a minor participates in. The age of what it considered a minor varies from state to state. But a minor could be as low as 13 or under, to 18 or under; after the age that is considered a minor they could then be tried as an adult. So, what causes a child to become a juvenile delinquent? There are five views that help

trend. “While they have existed in some verifiable form in the United States since the 19th century, the 1950’s showed the worst juvenile delinquency statistics the world had seen (Siegel and Welsh, 2011).” Major cities such as New York enacted curfews to help curb this issue, however at the time not many studies had been performed to realize the widespread activity and cause of such delinquency rates. It becomes more resistant to change