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1
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Where and when was the first juvenile court system established?

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1899, Cook County, Illinois

Chicago

2
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How many children under 18 are there in the US?

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Approx. 75 Million

37% of the population

3
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Talk about how the media affects young adults

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“PEEL BACK THE ONION”
Comic books in the 50’s
Rap music, violent video games, negative imagery

4
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Ego Identity

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Having a firm sense of knowing who you are and what you stand for

5
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Role Diffusion

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People spread themselves too thin and experience personal uncertainty

Often place themselves at the mercy of others

6
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At-risk student

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Youth who are vulnreable to the negative consequences of school failure, substance abuse, and early sex
(drug use, alcohol, sexuality)

7
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What percent of the population under 17 are at risk?

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Approx 25%

8
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Five Main Problems for American Youth

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“People hunger inside for salad”

Poverty
Health
Inadequate Education
Family Problems
Substandard Living Conditions
9
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Poverty Stats

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37 Million people are classified as poor, 1/3rd of those are children

10
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Health coverage

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10% of children do not have health coverage

11
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Health opportunities

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Glasses example

Treating learning disorders early

12
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Family issues

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Divorce affects about half of new families

13
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Substandard living conditions

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A child’s environment drastically affects their behavior
Apartment settings, bad neighborhoods
At risk for drive-bys, addiciton, STD’s

14
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Inadequate education

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Poor schools everywhere

No education, no one to guide them and to have them MAKE GOOD CHOICES

15
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Paternalistic families

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Father had control of the house
Children were not children, and often treated as adults

“Children were seen and not heard”

16
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Gender divide in paternalistic families

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Boys were educated, girls were desecrated

17
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Parens Patriae

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Power of the state to act on the behalf of the child to provide care and protection equivalent to that of a parent

18
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Society for the Prevention of Pauperism

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Movement that protected children from adult environments, such as taverns, parlors, etc.

Eventually known as the Child Savers

19
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House of Refuge

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Facility developed by the Child Savers to protect potential criminal youths and take them off of the street

Developed in 1825 - NYC

20
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Juvenile Court Act

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1899
Established juvenile courts that created separate programs for children, as well as treat children entirely differently than that of adults.

21
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Parens patriae and the system

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Delinquent vs. Criminal
State needs to act in the best interest of the child.

Treatment, not punishment

22
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Age of Majority

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Age where a child is treated as an adult. (18 in MD)

23
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Status offense

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Conduct that is illegal because of the person’s age

drinking, truancy, running away, etc

24
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Waiver / Bindover / Automatic Adult Jurisdiction

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Waiving cases over to the adult system.
Certain offenses are automatically handed in adult court as opposed to child court
(1st deg murder, 1st deg assault, etc)

25
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Uniform Crime Report

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Published data from police departments

Divided into Part I and Part II Crimes

26
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What are the three ways that crimes are reported?

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UCR
Victimization Surveys
Self Reports

27
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Part I

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Part I (Index Crimes)
Homicide, Rape, Robbery, Assault, Burglary, Larceny, Arson, Motor Theft
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Part II

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All crimes that are not part I

29
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How does the UCR Work?

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of reported crimes, crime rates per 100k, change in # over time

30
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Problems with the UCR

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<1/2 of all victims report crimes.

Only the most serious offense is counted for an arrest.

31
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Self Reports

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1on1 Interviews, mass distribution of anonymous questionaires

32
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Dark Figure of Crime

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Crimes that have never been reported

33
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Victimization Survey

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NCVS (National Crime and Victimization Survey)

34
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Victims and their “criminals”

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People of all age groups identify their attackers as teens.

Often intra-racial.
Victimization is most likely to occur during the day.

35
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Example trends of crime rates

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Age, economy, social issues, abortion, guns, gangs, drug use, etc.

36
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Crimes and Time

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Delinquent acts occur in the summer of July and August

37
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Crime and Space

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Western and Southern states have higher rates of delinquency

38
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Male gender and crime

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Males are more delinquent and commit more violent crimes, 4:1

39
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Female gender and crime

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Girls are more likely to run away

40
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Institutional Racism

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Treatment of a race by police and courts

41
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Racial threat theory

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As AA population increases, the perceived threat to EA increases, leading to social control on AA Youth

42
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Racial profiling

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Routinely searching AA Youth

43
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Class and delinquency

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Youth will use criminal means to achieve their goals.

44
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Middle Class

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Generally crimes are less serious

45
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Lower Class

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More serious delinquency and moreso having to deal with racial bias, social organization

46
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Age proportionality

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Age is INVERSELY related to criminality

47
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Age of Onset

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beginning point in delinquent career

48
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Aging Out

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Growing older, maturing, responsibility, changing personalities

49
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Chronic offender

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Young onset age, 6+ offenses, may be violent and destructive

50
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6% of youth are:

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Chronic offenders

51
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Choice Theory

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Offenders make the rational decision to engage in delinquent behavior. Their actions will be beneficial to them

52
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Trait Theory

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Delinquent acts are the product of personal problems and conditions

53
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Grandfathers of Choice Theory

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Cessare Beccaria and Jeremy Bentham

54
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The Rational Delinquent

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Breaking the law is a choice.
Choice Theory is about the act, not the offender
Pain v. Gain

55
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Routine Activities Theory

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Crime is a normal function of routine activities. Offenses can be expected if there is a motivated offender and suitable target

casual crime, yknow?

56
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General Deterrence

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Threat of punishment to deter delinquency

57
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Co-offending

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Crimes committed in groups

58
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Specific Deterrence

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Punish them so severely that they’ll never do anything illegal again.

59
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Situational Crime Prevention

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Increase the effort (make it harder)
Increase the risks 
(is the d-air really worth it)
Reduce the rewards
(combos with floaties)
Increasing the shame
(DISRESPECC)
60
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Cesare Lombroso

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Father of Criminology

Developed theory of criminal atavism

61
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Trait Theory

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Behavioral choices are a function of one’s mental / physical makeup

62
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Sociobiology

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Behavior will adapt in the environment of which it evolved

63
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Abnormal body chemistry

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Excessive iron, lead poisoning

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Diet

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Diet and aggression correlations

65
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Hormonal functions

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Antisocial behavior peaks during teen years. Periods and crime

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Neurological dysfunction

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Brain injuries affect students later in life, as well as physical abuse, sexual abuse, and learning disabilities

67
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Parental deviance

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Children of deviant parents will learn that criminal behavior is okay.

68
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Twin studies

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Criminal activity between identical and fraternal twins (60%, 30%)

69
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Adoption studies

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Adopted children of deviant parents share many traits of their biological parents

70
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Sigmund Freud

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Id is unrestrained
Ego develops through the reality of the world
Superego represents the conscience and morality

If one becomes dominant, individual will experience abnormality

71
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder

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Experience defiant hostile behavior towards authority

72
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Conduct Disorder

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Difficulty following rules and behaving in a socially acceptable manner

73
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Interpersonal relationships

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Peers, school, work, etc

74
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Community Ecology

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Living in poverty, decay, etc affects the likelihood of crime. Fear can motivate people to commit crimes

75
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Social Change and crime

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Political unrest, economic stress, family dysfunction

Freddy Gray

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Socioeconomics

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People on the lowest rung of the ladder have the highest incentive to commit crime

77
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Racial disparity

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Poverty rates among minority groups are still double that of EAs

78
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How are social theories grouped?

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Structure, process, and critical theories

79
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Social structure

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Delinquency is a function of a person’s place in the economy.

80
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Social Process

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Delinquency is a result of interaction with critical elements of socialization.

81
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Critical theories

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Delinquency is a result of economic deprivations caused by inequities in the system

82
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Culture of Poverty

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1966, Oscar Lewis created the term to describe the burden faced by the urban poor

Culture marked by apathy, cynicism, helplessness, mistrust

83
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Permanent underclass

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Members of society with little chance of upward mobility

84
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Cultural transmission

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Behaviors are passed down from one generation to another

“Don’t snitch to authority”

85
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Anomie / Strain

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Disorganized area residents will feel hopeless and eventually angry

86
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Robert Merton (Strain Theory)

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Without means of success, people turn to crime to achieve their goals

87
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Robert Agnew (General Strain)

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strain is caused by: failure to achieve + goals, removal of + stimuli, and the presentation of - stimuli

88
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Cultural deviance

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Delinquency is a result to a youth’s desire to conform to lower class values

Joining gangs, disrespect, etc

89
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Social Process

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Delinquency can be traced to learning delinquent attitudes from peers in their realm of influence

90
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Parental Efficacy

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Supportive parents lead to positive youth.
Inadequate parents lead to negative youth.

Start’em young. Start’em strong.

91
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Social Learning

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Delinquency is learned through the interaction with others

92
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Social Control

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Life weakens the attachemtn a child has to peers, school, and society

93
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Social Reaction

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Society’s reaction determines one’s behavior

94
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Differential Association

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Youth will become delinquent if definitions they learn are favorable to violating the law

95
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Travis Hirschi’s Social Control

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Attachment, Commitment, Involvement, Belief

96
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Label theory

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Once someone is labeled as a delinquent, they are more likely to continue their delinquent behavior

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Critical Theory Influx

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Society is in a constant state of internal conflict. Those with money and power will succeed in meeting their needs