RUNNING HEAD: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY 1 JUVENILE DELINQUENCY 3 Juvenile delinquency Name Institution Course Date Juvenile delinquency Each United States’ based individual feels the effects of juvenile crime. Parents and families as well as neighbors and teachers are affected. Similarly, the victims and the crime perpetrators are affected, (Baldry, 2014). The community should be at the forefront in curbing these crimes. It needs to engage the young people in lawful and social activities that keep them busy as well as strive to adopt humanistic views about the society and life in general. This ensures that the young people grow with the right attitudes towards life and their communities at large. Harmonious upbringing of teenagers in the society helps in instilling discipline and respect amongst them. The society ensures that their children are not discriminated and viewed as objects that can be controlled around, but be allowed to participate in society based activities. Different model programs have helped parents and the vulnerable generation by giving important information. It helps parents understand how o deal with their children better as they grow up. Children also get to understand more about how drugs, sex, weapons and gangs affect their lives negatively. Through these programs, the youth understand how to express themselves before their parents and peers. They also learn the consequences that their actions will have on their lives. Since the media is always filled with violent and sexual images of the human being, parents need to censor what their children watch and listen to. These programs teach parents on how to do this as explained by Marrus, (2014) and Siegel & Welsh, (2014). The society is doing well in ensuring reduced cases of juvenile crime. They teach their young ones about the dangers of engaging in such acts, hence motivating the youth to abstain from them. Improvements need to be made on existing policies and those that do not work be removed from the programs. References Baldry, A. C. (2014). Bullying and Juvenile Delinquency: Common Risks, Different Outcomes: How to Prevent Recidivism. In Organized Crime, Corruption and Crime Prevention (pp. 3-12). Springer International Publishing. Marrus, E. (2014). Please Keep My Secret: Child Abuse Reporting Statutes, Confidentiality, and Juvenile Delinquency. Siegel, L., & Welsh, B. (2014). Juvenile delinquency: Theory, practice, and law. Cengage Learning. .

1. RUNNING HEAD: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
1
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
3
Juvenile delinquency
Name
Institution
Course
Date
Juvenile delinquency
Each United States’ based individual feels the effects of
juvenile crime. Parents and families as well as neighbors and
teachers are affected. Similarly, the victims and the crime
perpetrators are affected, (Baldry, 2014). The community should
be at the forefront in curbing these crimes. It needs to engage
the young people in lawful and social activities that keep them
busy as well as strive to adopt humanistic views about the
society and life in general. This ensures that the young people
grow with the right attitudes towards life and their communities
at large. Harmonious upbringing of teenagers in the society
helps in instilling discipline and respect amongst them. The

2. society ensures that their children are not discriminated and
viewed as objects that can be controlled around, but be allowed
to participate in society based activities.
Different model programs have helped parents and the
vulnerable generation by giving important information. It helps
parents understand how o deal with their children better as they
grow up. Children also get to understand more about how drugs,
sex, weapons and gangs affect their lives negatively. Through
these programs, the youth understand how to express themselves
before their parents and peers. They also learn the consequences
that their actions will have on their lives. Since the media is
always filled with violent and sexual images of the human
being, parents need to censor what their children watch and
listen to. These programs teach parents on how to do this as
explained by Marrus, (2014) and Siegel & Welsh, (2014).
The society is doing well in ensuring reduced cases of juvenile
crime. They teach their young ones about the dangers of
engaging in such acts, hence motivating the youth to abstain
from them. Improvements need to be made on existing policies
and those that do not work be removed from the programs.
References
Baldry, A. C. (2014). Bullying and Juvenile Delinquency:
Common Risks, Different Outcomes: How to Prevent
Recidivism. In Organized Crime, Corruption and Crime
Prevention (pp. 3-12). Springer International Publishing.
Marrus, E. (2014). Please Keep My Secret: Child Abuse
Reporting Statutes, Confidentiality, and Juvenile Delinquency.
Siegel, L., & Welsh, B. (2014). Juvenile delinquency: Theory,
practice, and law. Cengage Learning.