Childish Irresponsibility And Willful Defiance Analysis

“Fortunately, children do not need “perfect” parents. They do need mothers and fathers who will think on their feet and who will be thoughtful about what they have done. They do need parents who can be flexible, and who can use a variety of approaches to discipline.” - James L. Hymes, Jr. this quote, I can say, is physically

Innocence and experience go hand in hand and typically reflect one another. One might say experience tarnishes innocence while others may argue innocence restrains experience. Can it however be seen that innocence may be conformity while experience is rebellion? While innocent, children will do as he or she is told and develops thoughts based on their parent or guardian’s teachings. During adolescence parent’ hair starts turning gray because that once obedient child has developed a mind and personality of his or her own. A personality that may result to “rebellious” behavior because the teenager or young adult stays out too late or never spends any time with the family because they are too busy with friends.

Role model: Staff should give good example all times and simple actions such as saying please and thank

In my opinion on a theory that out of all the theories we have learned, the rational choice theory is a good theory to juvenile delinquency. “Rational choice theory and its assumptions about human behavior have been integrated into several criminological theories and criminal justice interventions. Rational choice theory originated during the late 18th century with the work of Cesare Beccaria. Since then, the theory has been expanded upon and extended to include other perspectives, such as deterrence, situational crime prevention, and routine activity theory. The rational choice perspective has been applied to a wide range of crimes, including robbery, drug use, vandalism, and white-collar crime”.

At times, even the best & brightest will defy the rules, push limits, and challenge authority. It is the nature of adolescence. The difference between normal adolescent rebellion and O.D.D. is that teens with this disorder will thrive on pushing buttons & creating conflict. When it comes to teens with oppositional defiant disorder, it’s all about control and power.

Can young adults be blamed for their immature actions? Considering that young adults don’t know what consequences will happen because of their foolish actions, should we ignore their immature doings? In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible, a young woman had started the witch hunt that’s now known to be the Salem Witch trials. Abigail Williams had no idea her decisions were gonna cause such trouble for Salem and soon after she realized, she started to play along. Acknowledging Abigail’s history, she is to blame for these events; therefore, she cannot be excused or pardoned.

There are many disorders in which young children go through and have to battle. Popular disorders in which people know that young children go through are ADHD, and ADD. One that society is not really familiar with would be ODD. This disorder is called oppositional defiant disorder. This order related back to children because it goes into great detail about how young children misbehave. According to the American Psychiatric Association oppositional defiant disorder is defined as a recurrent pattern of negativistic, defiant, disobedient and hostile behavior toward authority figures (Maughan, Development Pathways in Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder). Children can have many life experiences in which they choose to act out and

Focus: Keyon will learn to manage defiant behaviors. Ms. Smalls (MHP) and Mrs. Blakeney (MHS) discuss Keyon’s defiant behaviors.

Conduct disorder may be diagnosed whenever a child or adolescent seriously misbehaves by using aggressive or non-aggressive conduct against other individuals, property, or animals. This behavior may be characterized as destructive, threatening, deceitful, belligerent, dishonest, physically cruel, or disobedient. Among these behaviors one may find stealing, causing intentional injury, or forced sexual activity. The behavioral disorder does not consist of an isolated incident, but rather of a pattern of severe and repetitive behavior. However, in Jacob’s case there are signs of Oppositional Defiant Disorder. This disorder presents a long lasting pattern of hostile, defiant, negativistic behavior found in children or adolescents who do not

Her research also analyzed the gender difference between the predictability of future violent behavior based on the individual’s aggressive nature as a child (Cauffman, 2008). Males who displayed aggressive behaviors in their adolescent years were much easier to predict future criminal activity, whereas females did not openly express their aggressive behavior, it is difficult to predict future criminal activity based on aggressiveness (p. 127). Making predictions only based on external characteristics is difficult for females so much that sometimes the predictors can’t be visible until adolescence (129). Victimization in childhood years is a significant predictor for females in comparison to males. Empirical evidence explains that females are abused at higher rates than males on a national level. This helps to explain that 92 percent of females who get arrested have been either physically, emotionally, or sexually abused before their

Aggression is a deliberate series of actions that lead to harm, injury, or destruction of another organism, and is the most common factor promoting violent crimes. Beyond being the immediate cause of physical injury, aggressive behavior also produces profound long term emotional disabilities in its victims. When outburst of aggression is comorbid with DSM-IV-defined neuropsychiatric disorders, the offenders are usually given psychiatric care; however, when they appear normal or healthy, their most likely fate is punishment by the law. This punitive approach often increases aggression, thereby promoting the propensity for violent crimes. Antipsychotics are the drugs commonly used for treatment of aggression and violent outbursts. However, the

Having explored adult turn-taking and speech patterns, the question arises whether the same rules apply to children's speech. This in fact depends on the age of the child. Infant's turn-taking differs immensely from adult turn-taking behaviours, as young children often make “irrelevant” contributions, “take too long […], and sometimes neglect their turn to speak” (Casillas, 2014, p. 54). However, turn-taking develops quickly during the first years of a child's life (cf. Casillas, 2014, p. 64) with the effect that for example gaps in between turns become shorter as the child ages (cf. Casillas 64). By the age of 4 the child's timing is already “within the range of adult norms” (Casillas, 2014, p. 63) and children appear to be “adept in their

children can become rebellious, if the parents are just strict but do not allow much or high expectations

Typically, children act without reasoning things out in the mature way that adults do (or can do); and they act much more out of immediate desires or passions rather than the rational desires that adults have Oaks (2012).

Deviance among adolescents in our society has many different causes and multiple theories throughout the history of criminal justice have been developed to attempt to explain, prevent and reduce incidents of status offenses and juvenile delinquency. There are theories varying from individual, to social and environmental. All of these theories have their merits and contribute in one way or another to the advancement of the understanding of juvenile delinquency and the treatment and prevention of delinquency within our society. Those that have proven to be successful we have applied in our justice system while those that are proven over time to be ineffective or defective we have discarded. There is no single theory that applies to all delinquent behavior in all situations. It is best to determine what theory may work best in each specific case based on the individual and the specific situation. Dodge’s information processing theory of social problem solving (Crick and Dodge 1994) was developed by Kenneth Dodge in an attempt to explain the interaction between the child’s cognitive development and their social environment. This theory combines elements of both the individual and the social environment and examines how these two variables interact with each other to present a model for juvenile delinquency. During my investigation of this topic I discovered that an adapted model of Dodge’s theory existed that seemed to be more encompassing of the causes of juvenile delinquency,