Victims of juvenile crimes suffer losses including expenses from healthcare, lost wages, and replacing damaged items. The juvenile offenders also face negative consequences such as incarceration, probation, falling behind academically, and future relationships with more sophisticated criminals that increase the likelihood of reoffending. Juvenile delinquency is correlated with drug use, gang involvement, alcohol abuse, and sexual behavior which challenges communities through unsafe neighborhoods and high costs for law enforcement and school safety.
Victims of juvenile crimes suffer losses including expenses from healthcare, lost wages, and replacing damaged items. The juvenile offenders also face negative consequences such as incarceration, probation, falling behind academically, and future relationships with more sophisticated criminals that increase the likelihood of reoffending. Juvenile delinquency is correlated with drug use, gang involvement, alcohol abuse, and sexual behavior which challenges communities through unsafe neighborhoods and high costs for law enforcement and school safety.
Victims of juvenile crimes suffer losses including expenses from healthcare, lost wages, and replacing damaged items. The juvenile offenders also face negative consequences such as incarceration, probation, falling behind academically, and future relationships with more sophisticated criminals that increase the likelihood of reoffending. Juvenile delinquency is correlated with drug use, gang involvement, alcohol abuse, and sexual behavior which challenges communities through unsafe neighborhoods and high costs for law enforcement and school safety.
Victims of juvenile crimes suffer losses including expenses from healthcare, lost wages, and replacing damaged items. The juvenile offenders also face negative consequences such as incarceration, probation, falling behind academically, and future relationships with more sophisticated criminals that increase the likelihood of reoffending. Juvenile delinquency is correlated with drug use, gang involvement, alcohol abuse, and sexual behavior which challenges communities through unsafe neighborhoods and high costs for law enforcement and school safety.
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The Effects of Juvenile Delinquency
By Lesley Barker The most obvious people affected by juvenile delinquency are the victims. Whether the crime involves theft, vandalism, or violence, the victim always suffers loss. The victim may incur expenses related to lost wages, health care, or psychological care in addition to the cost of replacing damaged or destroyed items. The juvenile who commits a crime also suffers affects that he or she probably unable to predict. He or she may lose his or her freedom while being incarcerated or placed on probation. The juvenile may lose ground academically as well. Although placement in residential detention centers for juveniles may be appropriate consequences for the adolescents criminal actions, it also puts him on her in relationship with other delinquents, who may be more sophisticated or influential. This makes recidivism likely and, in many states, when a juvenile older than 14 becomes a repeat offender, he or she can be tried and sentenced as an adult. The delinquency may even have future consequences on the adolescents college and career choices. There is a correlation between juvenile delinquency and drug use, gang involvement, alcohol abuse, and sexual behavior. All of these issues challenge communities by making neighborhoods unsafe and costing large amounts of public money to be spent on law enforcement and school safety. Young people who commit serious crimes before they are 18 years old challenge the future for everyone involved. They may be acting out to protest perceived abuses that have been perpetrated against them. They may believe that there is no future for them outside of a life of crime. They may be expressing anger or frustration directed against another person or group or looking for approval from a gang. Whatever the motive, juvenile delinquency affects too many American individuals, families, and communities. It is a serious problem that challenges the efforts of government agencies, politicians, educators, faith communities, and nonprofit organizations alike.
He or she is unable to predict.
The Effects of Juvenile He or she may lose her freedom while being incarcerated or placed on probation.
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It puts him or her in
relationships with other delinquents who may be more sophisticated or influential.
Adolescents may commit a criminal action.
Can involves crime like theft, vandalism, or violence.
