Issues associated with juvenile delinquency are always multi-faceted and present numerous challenges to parents, educators social service agencies, law enforcement, the court systems and, of course, to the actual child. (Roberts, 1995). Whether a child is abused, raised in poverty, has physical and/or mental problems, or any number of other difficulties, it is always the child who suffers and the child who should be kept at the forefront of society’s collective consciousness in addressing the problems of juvenile delinquency. (Champion, 2001).

Over the years, countless efforts have been made to find a comprehensive explanation for delinquency

Between 1983 and 1992, juvenile arrest rates jumped 128% for murder and non-negligent manslaughter, 95% for aggravated assault, and 25% for rape. (No Author, No Date). Forty-three percent of juveniles in state institutions have more than five prior arrests, and twenty percent have been arrested more than ten times. Only 10 percent of violent juvenile offenders those convicted of murder, rape, robbery, and assault receive any sort of secure confinement. (No Author, 2002). Nearly 40% of violent juvenile offenders who come into contact with the justice system have their cases dismissed. (No Author, No Date). About 4/5 of juvenile offenders had previously been on probation and about 3/5 had been committed to a correctional facility at least once in the past. (No Author, 2002). Average length of institutionalization for a violent juvenile offender is 353 days. (No Author, No Date). That is less than one year.

Juvenile delinquency is directly related to a child not having his or her emotional needs met at a very early age. (No Author, 2001). We as a society, often times fail to look at the root cause of many of the adolescent problems being witnessed today. Adolescents need guidance as well as encouragement and they need to know that their parents,

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