Among the principal reasons that contributed to juvenile delinquency being a serious problem in the United States are the following: problems at school, involvement in gang groups with dubious reputation, issues with mental health, problems in family, matter emanating from sexual activity, and, finally, use and sale of drugs (Bartollas, Schmalleger, 2013, 6). It must be noted, before everything else, that virtually all of these reasons are tightly interconnected. For instance, problems in family nowadays tend to be a very widespread issue in the United States. The inter-generational gap contributes to kids’ being too reckless and less attached to their parents. This gives them either the deceptive feeling of freedom or the desire to find company of mates elsewhere. In the case of both scenarios the problem of family misunderstandings tends to end up in getting involved into different gangs with dubious, if not criminal, reputation. Drugs is what usually is associated with such notorious societies. The same goes for having problems at school: it is very frequently the result of family problems.
There are also reasons that depend not so much upon the external factors (all of which the abovementioned in essence are) but rather on natural processes. The teenage period is always complicated in terms of psychological and hormonal processes in the human body. Also, this is the period of acquiring puberty which influences much the behavior of people. That is why, much of the juvenile delinquency is happening due to natural reasons, strange though it may seem. Acceleration is what has to be credited its own role in the issue too. With factors described in the first paragraph in the background people tend to be reckless enough to break bad and get involved in delinquency issues.
Bibliography
Bartollas, Clemens and Schmalleger, Frank. (2013). Juvenile Delinquency. Pearson Publishing Company, 9th edition.
