The Effects Of Exposure On Early Child Behavior

Another is ifluence from media. Television, computers and other electronics have a huge impact on violence. Depending on what use it for, there is a good side and a bad side. Some use it for entertainment and education, which is great. But other times, theres killing, intense graphics and bad language. Violent content can affect a child to having agressive behavior.

     Lifestyles also play an important part in youth violence. Growing up in a divorced family as well as the way your parents raised you are major aspects that effect youth today. When children go through a divorce they experience tremendous pain and go through a lot of changes in their life.(chapter 9 impact of divorce) They experience behavioral problems, and less academic achievements. Adolescents in this stage can also experience aggression toward their parents as well as their friends and other family members due to the divorce. Every parent had there own parenting styles of raising their kids, however, some ways can lead to corrupt behavior. There are the authoritative parents whose children tend to be moody, aggressive, and have poor communication skills. Then there are the permissive and authoritative parents who are generally caring and sensitive towards their children.(chapter 9 parenting styles) Studies have shown that if you grow up in a family that shows aggression towards one another, then it is more likely that you as a young adult will be aggressive as well. However in recent studies,

The starting point of violence takes place in communities and at home--not at school. Youth take what they hear and see at home and in their communities to school. The environment in some communities and households are positive and the presences of protective factors outweigh the high risk factors. However, there are communities and households where there is a lack of informal social control and high risk factors exist more than protective factors--, which affect youth in a negative manner.

Violence shows it face in many forms. It is slowly taking over the youth of our society, and becoming more prevalent than ever. Is it really environmental factors that are the cause of violence in our youth today? Or is the increase in violence to be blamed on a group of variables, that together, create the perfect recipe for disaster? In the book, Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them, author Dr. James Garbarino discusses possible reasons that childhood aged boys are experiencing violence that is carried into their adolescent years. Also, Dr. Garbarino expresses a similar rise in violence in young girls in the book See Jane Hit: Why Girls are Growing More Violent and What Can be Done About It. He looks at elements from birth to adolescence, including cultural influences that may not play as big of a role as one may suspect.

Today?s legal system states that children between the ages two to six should not be held liable for criminal actions. There are several developmental characteristics that support this claim. These characteristics come from biological, cognitive, and psychosocial areas. For those who are religious, one can also find spiritual support in Scripture that validates young children cannot reason as older children or adults can. Until a child?s brain matures, it is likely that a child may act impulsively and could commit a crime without reasoning beforehand that he or she

This neighborhood factor drives children to seek companionship amongst others on the already violent streets and causes them to follow suit. The final factor that may result in violence stems from the individual. For instance, children raised in a bleak and violent environment may develop low self-worth and feel little power over their future. Unable to break the cycle, they become a direct reflection of what they experience in their community and contribute to the ongoing violence.

In some states there are similarity to this historical “Common Law Principle of Responsibility”. As to be expected, states have different laws regarding matters of juveniles. Many states vary when determining whether or not a children should be tried as an adult or what the minimum or maximum ages courts must follow or what crimes they are allowed try are. Taking Illinois for example, the set age required by law for a children to be transferred into adult court is seventeen. However, in Illinois there is a major exception to this rule. State law changes the minimum age to fifteen when crimes of murder of the first degree, aggravated sexual assault, armed robbery, robbery with possession of a firearm, and use of weapons on school grounds are committed (Carp, Stidham, and Manning, 67). Illinois considers these offenses the most serious.

There are no national standards that declare the exact age at when a defendant knows right from wrong; however, states have adopted a variety of laws declaring the age of criminal responsibility. Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia have set eighteen as the age of criminal responsibility; however, most defendants, seventeen or younger may be tried in juvenile courts. Some states such as Wisconsin, North Carolina, New York, Massachusetts, and Illinois set their minimum age for criminal acts at sixteen. Despite that fact, that states set individual ages for juveniles to be to tried as an adult for the crime committed, it is accurate to note that juveniles can and have been tried as adults when under the minimum age within the state law.

When an adult has committed a crime, they must pay the consequences that come with committing a crime. An adult is sentenced for a crime they have committed they must serve their time in a cell that is within a prison or jail. With adults we often say that they are old enough to know the difference between right and wrong when it comes to committed crimes. So, we often find ourselves asking the same questions when it comes to a minor who has committed a crime should the same rules apply to a minor, should they receive the same punishment as an adult because as a society we tend to think that if you are over the age of fourteen you should know right from wrong as well. The problem with that saying is a major con because longitudinal neuroimaging studies show that the adolescents brain is still

The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years .In other terms we can also say that children who are below the age of 10 years won’t be charged or for that matter arrested for a crime.

     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.

After reading this case study and looking at the facts concerning this situation, I would definitely have to uphold and agree with the law in its decision that children under 7 years old are not held responsible for crimes. For example, this case study talks about a six year old boy who shot his classmate in the school library. Authorities learned that the classmates had a scuffle in the playground the day before. After the boy shoots his classmate, he throws the gun down and is later found hiding in a corner by the school authorities. Finally, while the boy is waiting for the police to show up, he is in the office drawing calmly. This alarming action of the boy after he has shot

Two known risk factors are socio-economic status and race, but there are several more like access to weapons, number of youth activities, attitudes towards substance abuse, and family life. Most youth in disadvantaged areas are from single parent homes which results in a lack of supervision, vulnerability, and participation in violence. Youth living in these areas are exposed to violence with little opportunity of seeing positive figures and relationships. Their lack of role models is what leads most youth to staying in the same community becoming a statistic. It is sad that the knowledge of these risk factors has not lead to a greater decrease of community violence, but hopefully we will continue to see a change. Not only are risk factors important to know so are protective factors. The children that are being exposed to these risk factors have developed a sense of resilience. Researchers have labeled these factors developmental assets. There is not solid research that explains the effects of community violence and actions that can prevent it. There is evidence that shows how children who witness community violence cope, adapt, and develop afterwards depending on their social and family surroundings. Community, family, and peer support is a vital part of coping after exposure to violence. Children with this support system can alleviate some of the lasting effects of repeated community

Bad behavior in children may be due to other factors. Examples may be socioeconomic status and home life, which can only feed bad behavior due to violent games, and this can sometimes cause children

The age at which children should be held responsible for their actions is an issue that has been debated throughout U.S. history. In the 1800s, laws stated that children under age 7 were not responsible for their actions. Therefore, if a child under age 7 committed a criminal act, he or she was automatically exempt from prosecution and punishment. Under that ruling, children over 7 were charged as adults. Many of these children were sentenced to life in prison or sentenced to death. Although plenty of time has passed, one thing remains true; Children don't have the intellectual or moral capacity to understand the consequences of their actions. This calls for the raising of the age of criminal responsibility. Almost all other countries have