Juvenile delinquency is inappropriate behavior portrayed by an adolescent. An adolescent is a youth normally between the ages of ten and eighteen who knows the difference between right and wrong. The delinquent behavior typically derives from the home and school life of the youth. “Delinquency is now recognized as the end product of a variety of situations, attitudes, motives, role definitions, self-images and personality characteristics (Moore 1958, p.24).

There are many causes of juvenile delinquency. Such as poverty, drug abuse, and distractions within the home. The increasing rate of poverty has been greatly attributed to juvenile delinquency (Gale, 1). The anger and frustration of low-income youth separate them from the “good

There are many community forces that can play a vital role in delinquency prevention. “School is the most stable social organization in which many delinquents know.” Some believe the school is the only one that can help them. “From this it would appear that the more children and youth who do continue their education for years, the greater will be the opportunity to assist even delinquents toward responsible maturity as well as contribute to the prevention of delinquent behavior (MacIver, p.62).” Brownell states, that schools prevent delinquency when their aim is to educate all children by teaching each child according to his or her own ability.

life” shown in the mass media. At this point, the youth lacks the visible opportunity to have a productive path, which leads many of them to drugs (Gale, 1). Many poor inner-city youth begin delinquency with participation in the drug trade (Gale, 2). At the ages of nine and ten children are paid as much as $100 a day to serve as lookouts while drug deals are taking place (Gale, 2). The sad part about this is that it is 100 percent true. While teaching bible study at the juvenile detention

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