Juvenile Delinquency-Research and Contemporary Theories

摘要

This paper was acknowledged to the problem of juvenile delinquency, a theme analyzed with the help of theories and contemporary researches. As a result of the made analysis upon different theories and researches regarding the factors of juvenile delinquency, the conclusion is that indeed some persons have a psychological and genetic inheritance, which predisposes them to aggressive behavior and delinquency, but the decisive factor in this matter is of social nature. The most important results are the following: not all persons who are submitted to tension become delinquents, this depends on the life experience of every person (the theory of general tension); juvenile delinquency is more frequent with low social classes; committing crimes is not a part of the ethnic belonging, but it is determined by the economical situation and the cultural values of the persons; there is a consistent connection between the delinquent behavior and the frequency of the interaction with co-delinquents, the duration, the priority and intensity of these; there is a connection between the low results in school respectively abandoning school and juvenile delinquency; types of subculture and gangs which arose are determined by that environment where there is a development of subcultures; although the most frequent illegal activity of gangs is the constant fight with the rival gangs, its members commit thefts, car robberies, aggressions, and sell drugs; juvenile delinquents are more impulsive and active than non-delinquents; they have more pronounced desire for living hard sensations (sensation seeking);