John's Argument

Chapter four deals with peers and problems. It gives answers as to why some kids become delinquents and we find out that it stems simply from a pause of laugh response to the behavior of the kid. Mostly this chapter talks about deviance, its pathway, its source and ways to prevent it. Early adolescents are particularly susceptible to deviancy if left unmonitored and or not offered multiple opportunities for prosocial activities.

When a juvenile commits a crime, it is not considered a crime, however it is considered juvenile delinquency. A massive problem throughout the US is juvenile delinquent acts. Juveniles acting out in a delinquent manner can be caused by many things. However, there is not just one reason why a juvenile may commit these acts. Instead there are many reasons that could lead up to delinquency. In this essay, I will be discussing a few theories as well as ways juveniles may receive treatment.

John's life seemed to be one major drama after another; he didn't have a good male role model as a kid, and it seems he never was able to get on track. What was amazing about his life was the number of problems that he seemed to get into and how he wriggled out of them (with the help of a friendly person who just happened to meet him) only to run into more problems.

Young youth are not aware of their actions. The youths brain is not fully developed as they process the important thoughts and information before their actions. Which could cause them lifetime in prison or other negative consequences like community service other things that they can do depending on their crime. From exposure to violent video games and other people that break the law and encourage young youth to break the law and remain in the world of crime. Positive actions in a form of rehabilitation/reintegration could impact young offenders in a positive way and give them a second chance. This will slowly lower the percentage of the crimes that youth commit every year. This change will help the future youth and will prevent violent

Some of the choices he made through out the story have shown to be not strong or brave. When he was confronted with learning he would stray away and not take on the task. When he was confronted with his cousins he would back down and give in. When Owen Meany was disputing him he would give in or give up to the conversation. Towards the end John didn't want to make many decisions. He wasn't sure what he wanted to do with his life and as he did

Juvenile delinquents have created a subculture that provides them with motives, reasons, and justifications that enable them to account for their involvement in proscribed activities. Within this subculture they have developed a rational to justify their misdeeds, during times when they are brought under scrutiny by police, courts etc. For instance, when youth engage in a crime, and are charged with a criminal offense, they deny their involvement. What youth fail to realize, is that as they engage in criminal acts, they disrupt the fabric of society.

Research has shown that often there are risk factors involved during childhood and adolescence which predict the likelihood of an individual becoming involved in crime later in life. Such a discovery begs the question if intervening and therefore reducing these risk factors would prevent future criminality. This essay firstly will begin by explaining what is meant by children and adolescents at risk and a brief overview of the factors that can put them at risk. Secondly, it will use a longitudinal study to show that these risk factors have been associated with future offending. Thirdly a definition will be given of interventions and how they can be a useful way to prevent risk factors leading to future offending. Fourthly a study will be discussed to show a possible relationship between mental illness in a parent relating to risk factors in the child. Fourthly exploring three different methods of intervention and demonstrate their effectiveness in reducing particular risk factors related to future offending, with a focus on child behavior. Lastly this essay will conclude that interventions can be a useful way to reduce risk factors and therefore help prevent future offending as a result.

The evidence that is provided expresses that prisons should be a place to “conduct health education, screening for disease and treatment” however, right now prison is just a place where disease is allowed to spread back and forth between the general public (p.123). The fourth topic is educational management which covers how the education system can decrease youth crime by making a small change in the time school starts. This section states that if school started later than youth would have less opportunities to commit crime. At the moment the only thing that is hindering this from occurring is the inconvenience it would bring adults (teachers, parents, etc.). This section also discusses peer on peer (mainly bullying) crime and how it should be treated as regular crime not something that can be overlooked. This sections ends stating that we should hold schools more accountable for the crime rates of their students.

This conflicts badly with his desire for self-identity. In Erikson’s theory of development, he is at the stage of ‘identity vs Role confusion’ (Tapia, 2012). That is why he is unable to resolve his own problems with others and instead results to hurting himself or hurting others. He is also in a confusion of sexual identity. The biggest contribution to this (lack of interest to girls and relationships) is his mother’s behavior, which by now he is rather aware of the situation. John is also dealing with self-guilt. The case in which he can not correct others and blames and punishes himself , this arises from his mother’s behavior. He may feels he should warn her to stop dressing and acting as she does but finds it difficult due to her being his only family and role model(Smith, & Elliott

The central purpose of the juvenile justice system is to rehabilitate rather than serve punishment. Rehabilitate to prevent further delinquent criminal acts through behavior through the establishment of educational, social and emotional assessments which allows the youth to mature within society and themselves. The contributing factors that lead to crime within the youth can range from various sources. Some of those factors could be peer pressure from peers, parental criminality, drug use such as alcohol or smoking, mental illnesses, having the opportunity to commit a crime, etc. Whether a youth or any person decides to commit a crime, they have a decision to either do it or not. Some people cannot control their actions within themselves because

Why do some youths get caught up in violence while others do not? This question is very hard to explain, and there are a multitude of theories over decades attempting to answer and prove that one factors, multiple factors or even ... are the reason youth grow into delinquents/criminals or steer away from it. Early intervention may not always be available for a child exhibiting antisocial behaviors at the initial point, but interventions during adolescents, even after delinquency may still prove beneficial. The “school-to-prison pipeline” is a

     Some causes for conduct in adolescents are no discipline, unstructured discipline and a broken home. A broken home is one of the factors that can produce a delinquent child. A broken home reduces the opportunity for creating a strong attachment between child and parents and that reduces the parent’s ability to condition the child. Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile crime focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories centering on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior because they were not sufficiently penalized for previous delinquent acts or that they have learned criminal behavior through interaction with others.

John, age three illustrates tremors and cries uncontrollable. John look as if he is not speaking as he should for his age. His vocabulary is very limited as if he is behind for his age. He is at this time not walking on the level that he should be. John lived with both of his biological parents. In addition, John has not had much structure in his life because he did not have many rules to abide by. Due to the lack of structure, John did not have a set routine of what time to go to bed and he could wonder the house freely. John’s father has had several job. In addition, John’s father also stays out late at night, selling drugs and manufacturing methamphetamines within the home. Even though John’s father sold drugs, there is no reports on him using drugs. In addition, manufacturing drugs in the home may have lead John to be exposed to drugs, which can have an effect on the child’s development. Due to Johns father’s actions, he was arrested leaving John not having a father figure in his life.

But as soon as children start feeling that their parents care too much, they try to get back at them and do just what their parents don't want them to do. On the other hand kids who face lack of freedom may end up turning into introverts afraid to speak to other people or not as social (which is not a bad thing though).

Juveniles get disobedient and become trouble makers when they have a broken home because they don’t know what it feels like to have someone who gives them love. They look upon their so called “friends” to confer them when they feel sad or feeling like they don’t fit in. These “friends” end up being a bad influences because they put in the mind of the juvenile that the only way they get away from the pain of