Reasons For Juvenile Crime

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to be
arrested, and 38% more likely to commit a violent crime as an adult,
then their counterparts who did not suffer such abuse. The symptoms of
child abuse are “high levels of aggression and antisocial behavior”
and these children are twice as likely to become juvenile offenders.
Also improper parental care has been linked to delinquency such as
mothers who drink alcohol or take drugs during pregnancy cause their
babies to grow up with learning disorders, a problem which leads them
to be juvenile criminals.


Another risk factor is the effect of the media on the
juveniles of today. Before the time a child has reached seventh grade,
the average child has witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of
violence on the television. There is no doubt that heavy exposure to
televised violence is one of the causes of aggressive behavior, ...

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