The children who conflict with the law before age 14 were registered by the police are called offenders. The children who committed criminal offenses in the teenage and also continue to commit further criminal offenses in adulthood. The behavior of such children can be termed as delinquent. This potential predictor may also involved in the illegal activities in which they had their past history of engaged in such criminal offenses.
Under the juvenile delinquents, the two types of characteristic behavior exist. The one who become chronic offenders into adulthood is called persisters and the one who committed the criminal offenses only in childhood and not in adulthood is called desisters. Some social risk factors are used to predict the best potential predictor in adulthood by having some factors like nervousness and emotional liability. There are three risk factors found to be the reason for the person becomes criminal offenders. They are male sex, negative impact of delinquent peer and onset of aggressiveness (Ade-Ojo, 2012, p.40).
If the child seems to be engaged in the criminality, the society advises him and warn him. If the society does not discourage the practice of offenders, then they form a group or joined in a gang. When they become aggressive by forming the gang members, they do not maintain a smooth relationship with their parents. Within the gang, they came to learn about the participation of delinquency and tips to commit the acts. In some cases, society and parents are also be the reason for such kind of offenders to involve in illegal activities. The term delinquent can be described as self prophecy fulfilling (James Charles & Chih, 2016). The labeled delinquent may not be interested in delinquency but the people expect the delinquent should be pressured to engage in such behavior.
Most people think that once a delinquent, always a delinquent. This should be completely eradicated. In some cases, insignificant and not aggressive state of the offenders is also taken into the court for the punishment. The punishment is unnecessary and the society should have the widest diversity to tolerate the commitment. Serious violations are taken to the attention of the court and leave the kids alone whenever possible. This tolerant behavior will change the delinquent or give a chance of realizing their offense or violations.
References
Ade-Ojo, G. (2012). Delinquent and non-delinquent male adolescents’ conceptions of their intimate relationships with parents. The European Journal Of Social & Behavioural Sciences, 37-53. http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/futureacademy/ejsbs(2301-2218).2012.1.5
James Charles, J. & Chih, Y. (2016). Delinquency Reinforcement and Balance: Is Exposure to Delinquent Peers Always Risky?. The B.E. Journal Of Economic Analysis & Policy, 0(0). http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2015-0224
