Early Intervention Or Primary Prevention

There are many theories that contribute to what may cause Juvenile Delinquency, one of which is called Social Learning Theory. Social Learning Theory states that behavior is modeled through observation, either directly through intimate contact with others or indirectly through media. Social learning theorist Albert Bandura, Walter Mischel, and Richard Walters indicate that children model their behavior according to the reactions they receive from others, the behavior of their parents, and the behavior they view through media.

At-risk Youth and Juvenile Delinquency: The Impact of Preventive Intervention Methods and Reducing Juvenile Involvement with the Criminal Justice System.

Chapter 11 focuses on preventing delinquency for children who are at risk. Having antisocial behavior can lead to delinquent acts. This chapters gives an overview on how programs are designed to prevent delinquency. The YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club are great examples of delinquency prevention programs. In fact, the public health approach was one of the first efforts to classify the many different types of delinquency prevention activities. The activities for prevention are called primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary focuses on helping troubled youths get access to health care services and general prevention education. Secondary interviews children who are more likely to be at risk for becoming offenders. Tertiary prevention interview

Although juvenile arrest rates have declined by 65% from 1996 to 2014 (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2015), juvenile delinquency is undoubtedly still a concern for practitioners, communities, and policy-makers in the United States. Seeking explanations of adolescent delinquency is a continuing quest by the social sciences to aid prevention and intervention efforts. Several quests have narrowed in on Social Bond Theory (Hischi, 1969), a foundation in the social sciences to explain deviant behavior, which has stemmed considerable research. This study is also concerned with perceived social expectations, as it is likely youth take their social relationships into consideration before engaging in certain acts. However, research on perceived social expectations and delinquency is sparse.

Chapter five covers the topic of social process theories of delinquency. Some of the theories within it are differential association, drift theory, social control theory, and many others that discuss why delinquency occurs in youth. This chapter also talks about the ongoing processes that can affect delinquency.

Based on these findings, the conclusion that factors within the environment affected the behavior of the delinquents, citing (1) the absence or lack of controls for delinquents; (2) The behaviors are often condoned/ sanctioned by parents or other adults in the neighborhood; (3) the readily availability of opportunities to commit such unacceptable behaviors; and (4) lack of motivation, training, or opportunity for gainful employment (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). Further, Shaw found that these activities began at an early age in males, instilled in them as games and other recreational activities. Here it is determined that “normal methods of official social control could not stop this process and that it was only later in a delinquent career that a boy identified himself with the criminal world” (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). Thus, as Shaw perceived delinquency as a result of social disorganization, he believed the use of individualized treatment would not be effective in reducing the delinquency

Juvenile delinquencies are one of the most serious issues that our government is dealing with and trying to eliminate. These individuals are known to have an anti-social behavior. These actions include loitering, loafing, pick-pocketing, stealing and killing to care for their sibling and also sexual offenses. Parental negligence is one of the major causes of juvenile delinquencies. There are other factors that contribute to the negative behaviors of the adolescent and children (Siegel, 61). Family is one factor with the highest effects on the upbringing of an individual. Almost all research workers have accepted that families of delinquents have to deal

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Theories are possible explanations for an event taking place or actions that are committed by an individual. In regards to juvenile delinquency there are many theories based on possible causes from biological, social, and economical. Understanding that children learn from their elders and peers from the time they are small children until they have reached adulthood, is the basis for the most compelling theory, the social learning theory (Prather & Golden, 2009). The impact that individuals have on each other and response that is returned based on what is known as acceptable, helps to identify some aspects to why the juvenile finds the delinquent behavior standard. It is believed that we imitate the behavior and habits of those in our regular

Durkheim stated that “We are moral beings to the extent that we are social beings”, stating that the reason crime is controlled is because of social boundaries (Kempf-Leonard & Morris, 2012). Hirschi’s Social Control Theory gained prominence during the 1960s (Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services, 2016). Control theories of juvenile delinquency go over an extensive series of themes including a variety of social circumstances. (Shoemaker, 2005). Hirschi’s Social Control Theory declares that bonds with school, family and other parts of society assist in reducing the possibility of delinquency. Unlike other theories on delinquency that explain the causes (Hirshi, 1969), Hirschi’s Social Control Theory seeks to explain why people do not engage in deviant behavior instead of explaining why people engage in it (Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services, 2016). This theory seeks to explain “why did he not do it” instead of answering “why did he do it” (Shoemaker, 2005). It focusses on what controls behavior, specifically what factors, specifically “social bonds” prevent people from committing crime and states that performing delinquent acts is not because it was a learned behavior (Bates & Swan,

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Social Process theory views criminality as a socialization function. The theory explores how one learns things through interactions with various organizations, institutions, and processes in society. It also focuses on criminal behavior as being a learned behavior that affects every person regardless of race, class, or gender. Social process theorists believe that socialization with key social institutions help control human behavior, and that the most prominent elements are the individual’s family, peer group, school and church (Seigel, 2011, pg. 168). Thus, the key element in determining juvenile behavior, is the socialization the juvenile receives at home, school, and in the community.

Over the years we have seen the transition of many different policies and practices take place within the juvenile justice system. These same policies and practices are bombarded with theories that aid in crime deterrence. Since the 18th century, theorists have worked diligently to prove just how accurate their research has been. In support of this study there are three major psychological perspectives on delinquency, psychodynamic, the behavioral, and cognitive theories.

In the world of youth and delinquent, criminals advancing their activity into adulthood, social psychological theories help to develop the criminal justice field to better cope with what is faced by youths. “Social psychological theories of criminal behavior emphasize subjective life experiences, such as the development of one’s identity, cognitive and emotional processes, and the capacity to make choices.” (Listenbee, 2014 p.1.) Utilizing social aspects of the past and present criminal justice agencies can predict the type of life that may be lived by the young adult, whether it is a criminally active life-style or more conformed to the civilities of society. With knowledge of what may yet come in the life of a juvenile, it is possible to curve the criminal activity of the youth by placing them into detention centers or counseling programs to steer them into a positive direction. This would take the full complement of energy from all those that participate in the life of the youth to include parents, teachers, counselors and any other adults in the youths life.

Juvenile delinquency is becoming one of the largest problems facing society, due to the fact that there are many different factors; from parental factors to bullying or being bullied at school. Juvenile delinquency is somewhat a very complicated problem that is sometimes very difficult to understand and to explain, part of the reasons for all of this may be that it shares a relationship with many social institutions, from law enforcement to juvenile and adult court to the media, families as well as schools (Brown 1998). It is very wrong to say that it exists in its own bubble, it stands alone or that it has no connections to other components of the society and also that it is a problem that can easily be fixed.