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Juvenile Delinquency And Social Disorganization Theory

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In today’s society there’s several contributing factors to juvenile delinquency. Social-control theories argue that all humans have the ability and opportunity to commit delinquent or criminal offenses. Most abstain from such behavior because of fear and social constraints. This perspective explains juvenile delinquency as a reflection of inadequate external social control and internalized social values for some youths, creating a freedom in which delinquent conduct may occur. Between social-control theories and social disorganization theory both relates to the inability of social institutions, communities to adequately socialize, control its youth and social-bonding theory. They hold youth's behavior that is significantly related to a social
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