This document discusses youth delinquency in the Philippines. It defines delinquency as misbehavior that violates rules, customs, and traditions. It classifies delinquents as social, neurotic, asocial, or accidental. Common offenses committed by youth include stealing, truancy, vagrancy, and sexual aberration. Causes of delinquent behavior include social factors, personal problems, necessity, imitation, curiosity, ignorance, and disease. Important needs of youth are acceptance, security, independence, guidance, control, and love. Family-related issues like lack of harmony between parents and children can also contribute to delinquency.

1. Filipino Youth Delinquency Presented by: Arnel O. Rivera LPU-Cavite

2. What is Youth Delinquency? It is an act or misbehavior that is different from the normal procedure of rules and regulations, customs and traditions; and culture being committed by the youth.

3. Classification of Delinquency Social Delinquents Neurotic Delinquents Asocial Delinquents Accidental Delinquents

4. Social Delinquents Youths who hate the authority specially those who have control of their behavior. They are always in conflict with what is right and does it with friends.

5. Neurotic Delinquents A youth who always acts alone by internalizing his or her own conflicts and is largely preoccupied with his or her own feelings. He/she suffers insecurity in life.

6. Asocial Delinquents A youth who acts as cold, brutal and vicious quality for which s/he does not feel anything.

7. Accidental Delinquents A youth who has an identifiable in character but happens to be at the wrong place and time to commit delinquency.

8. Common Offenses Committed by the Youth Stealing Truancy Vagrancy Sexual aberration

9. Stealing Causes of Stealing: Desire of Possession Loose morals at home Lack of resources Vices

10. Truancy Absenting oneself without reasonable cause (e.g. cutting classes). Unattractive school life Fear of punishment Parental indifference Undisciplined pleasure seeking

11. Vagrancy Running-away from home Disagreeable home conditions Misdirected love for adventure Seduction Clouded consciousness

12. Sexual Aberrations Includes prostitution, inordinate attractions and abnormal heterosexual and homosexual activities. Misdirected love for adventure Clouded consciousness Curiosity and misinformation

13. Causes of Behavior Disorders Social Factors Personal Problems Necessity Imitation Curiosity Ignorance Disease (Mental and Psychological)

14. Important Needs of Youth Acceptance Security Faith Independence Guidance Control Love

15. Family-related Delinquency Lack of harmonious relationship existing between parents and children.

16. Categories of Delinquent Parents Runaway parents Vicious parents Aiders Triangular Inadequate

17. Assignment: Research on other cases of juvenile delinquency in the country. Write a one-page reaction paper containing the following information: Source Summary (not more than 10 sentences) Reaction (not more than 3 sentences) Use short (8.5 x 11”) bond paper with 1” margin, TNR 12 font, single spaced.