Juvenile Delinquents

Juvenile Delinquents

Introduction

What is meant by juvenile delinquency? In general parlance, there is a comprehension of juvenile delinquency as denoting adolescents participating in mischievous behavior or breaking the law ((Shelden, 2006). Classifying juveniles as being under the age of eighteen years is the common rule of thumb for the reason that, in the present legal system, upon getting to this age individuals can be tried as adults, serves in the armed forces, and, in few states, consumes alcohol.

Discussion

Children's lot, in early American life was not so unusual from that of their peers in Europe and some other parts of the ...