However, there were basically only two different types of crimes. The first type was crimes in which the children were suffering from abuse within the home and had killed a parent or parents. The second type of crime was where the perpetrator was committing a violent robbery, and subsequently killed a young victim for no apparent; or supposedly, “accidental” reasons (Bikel, 2007). One theory, that becomes apparent almost immediately when studying these cases, is the theory of Environmentally Induced Biological Factors (Bernard, 2016). Certainly there may have been any number of possible factors and theories that may have played a role in these cases.
57). Research shows that delinquency and youth violence have been on the rise over the decade growing in epidemic proportions since 1993 (Hoyt & Scherer, 1998). Delinquency means for one to break the law and does not have to involve any form of criminal activity in one doing so. However, it is known that antisocial behavior, delinquency, and violence share common roots and similar consequences according to Mcwhirter et al. (2013). Violent crimes committed by youth has escalated by youth victimized by youth violence doubling the in juvenile arrests for violent crime by 2010, and fueled anxieties about future crime wave as the juvenile delinquents mature into adults (Hoyt & Scherer, 1998) with female delinquency making its mark up the ladder according to research.
Mrs. Smith English 111 Jan. 28, 2023 Rhetorical analysis: “Legal system has never had an answer for violent kids” In this article, the author, Stephen L. Carter, goes into detail on the reasons why the legal system is confused or conflicted on whether they should or shouldn’t charge young children below the age of 10 for their crimes. This article is somewhat controversial because of the recent case that happened in Virginia with the 6-year-old, but he uses this to his advantage to get his point across and to try and shed some light on the way the justice system has and continues to handle these cases in the past. Not only is the topic something controversial, but his opinion on what they could do and how to solve it is also controversial.
Erika Gebo’s article A Family Affair: The Juvenile Court and Family Violence Cases, discusses the differences and outcomes between adolescent crimes against their families or crimes committed against other families. Gebo’s focus is to bring more attention to these types of crimes because they are not treated as a serious crime. A further explanation to the previous statement is that adolescents who are violent towards their family members, more specifically their parent(s), are written off and not tried as equally as an adolescent who is violent towards someone who isn’t their family. Gebo’s (2007) findings have estimated that “2.5 million adolescents, 9% of the population have committed child to parent violence.”
In his essay “Hate Violence? Turn It Off,” Tim Goodman argues that if parents or other adults object to a television program, they should change the channel or just simply turn off the TV. I disagree with Goodman’s argument. Violence is not uncommon activity happening in our modern society, it is portray in the media, entertainment, and also human interaction with each other. Turning off the TV or changing the channel could not prevent violent influences.
Because many of these inmates experienced violence at a young age, “a chronology of violence could generally be traced from corporal punishment by adults, to bullying and fighting amongst children to some acts of aggression or violence” (Graham 2014). This reveals that constant violence in one’s life becomes a lifestyle that the victim embraces and he or she grows up believing that violence is acceptable. Therefore, as the youths wander outside of schools, violence is the only thing they know how to do, which lead the youths to commit assault crimes and become
However, the influence of family, violence, and their appeal towards education as well as finding a
What is Jones’s thesis? Restate it in your own words. Jones’s thesis is that, it’s helped hundreds of people for everyone it’ hurt, and that our fear if youth violence isn’t well-founded on reality, and that the fear can do more harm than the reality. This statement is saying that violence helps people just as much as it can hurt people. He is also saying that people have developed an irrational fear or violence, and fearing violence is more harmful than violence itself.
In the same article it was also stated that, “Researchers found that childhood maltreatment was a risk factor for officially recognized delinquency, violent self-reported delinquency and moderate self-reported delinquency. Overall, child maltreatment appeared to be a risk factor for more serious delinquency, such as assaults, but not lesser forms of delinquency, such as underage drinking.” Another form of juvinile behavior they partake in, often tends to lead to drug abuse. They grew up with it being okay to hit someone just for the sake of it. They become used to the idea that these things are normal and they rarely look to see what the consequences of their actions will be in the near future.
A child’s mind is still developing at the ages when they go to school. These years are the most crucial in how a child’s future is shaped, and how they look at the world. This means that they are also very vulnerable though. Exposure to this sort of beyond unruly behavior and criminal activity at this early age could lead to children growing up believing that that is fine and normal. When they are adults, this could lead to serious problems such as them joining a gang, or being involved in drug related activity.
It is said that children who are mistreated by their parents and learned aggressive behaviors through social interaction went on to express these behaviors later in life and in their intimate relationships (Ehrensaft, Cohen, Brown, Smailes, Chen & Johnson, 2003). There is no doubt that witnessing and experiencing violence firsthand can increase one’s tolerance for violence and puts one at a greater risk for exhibiting the same behaviors as an adult. The intergenerational transmission of violence hypothesis also shows that childhood experiences from abuse or witnessing domestic
Research shows that crimes other than murder are very much influenced just like the serial killings and murders are. Children who experience violence are also likely to grow up committing a life of misdemeanor felonies. Examples of misdemeanors are possession of drugs, vandalism, and trespassing. To start off, let’s look at the early years of Jeffrey Dahmer. On page seventy-three of the book “Criminal Investigations: Serial Killers”, it is read that Jeffrey Dahmer suffered sexual abuse by a neighbor when he was only eight years old.
Understanding the risk and protective factors of child delinquency is imperative in order to create and implement treatment and intervention programs. Because children’s behavior develops during the first five years, it is important to know what risk and protective factors could increase the likelihood of a child becoming a child offender (Wasserman et al., 2003). Moreover, overcoming the risk factors would help prevent the child offender from becoming a juvenile, and later, adult offender. As Wasserman et al (2003) stated, “risk factors for child delinquency operate in several domains: the individual child, the child’s family, the child’s peer group, the child’s school, the child’s neighborhood, and the media” (pg.1). As one can see, children are exposed to risk in partially every aspect of their lives.
Bad Parents Raise Bad Children W.E.B. Du Bois said that “children learn more from what you are than what you teach”. Society always takes pride solely in the way a child has been raised by its parents. Children do not misbehave because they feel like misbehaving, but because something vital is missing in that child’s nurturing. Many parents allow their young to deviate from what is morally right or equal and their authority and choose violence over all odds as a solution for anger. Firstly, the consequence of ill nurturing can be the outcome of long-term mental health issues because of the child being prone to violence, anger, and stress.
We all know that parents, since the child is born, are always by their child’s side since they share a same home and should be the one to monitor their children while he or she is growing up. David P. Farrington (Farrington, n.d) stated that family factor, poor parental child-rearing methods especially lack of guidance and control from parents, is the most common answer when people are asked about the main cause of crimes. Moreover, according to Lieb Roxanne (1994), family components can predict an early sign of delinquency. Some weak way of predictions are based on the socioeconomic status of the family, and the less affection of the child to parents. However, the lack of guidance and letting the child to feel being unwanted is a strong predictor or root of