Are children and adolescents who engage

in illegal acts. It does not tell us how many

have committed offenses but their crimes
are, and whether many or just a few young
people are responsible. (Henggeler, 1986)

CATEGORIES
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Anti- social behavior
Truancy
Vagrancy
Emotional disorder
Lying
Predisposing Factor
Precipitating Factors
General Prevention
In depth analysis of problem and inventories of
programs, services, facilities, and resources
available;
Machinery for the suitable co-ordination of
prevention efforts between governmental and non-
governmental agencies;
Policies, programs and strategies based on
analytical studies to be continuously monitored and
carefully appraised in the course of implementation.
Community participants through a wide range of
services and programs;
Youth participation in delinquency prevention policies
and processes, including resources, youth self-help,
and victim compensation and assistance programs.

Factors which causes
Juvenile Delinquency
Person who becomes socially estranged
may be more prone to commit criminal
act.
Family consist of one-parent household
or two working parents; as a result,
children are likely to have less
supervision at home than was common
in the traditional family structure.

The factors which may be
lead to juvenile delinquency:
Faulty development of the child
Lack of parental guidance
Parental rejection
Broken homes
Lack of love
Unfair treatment
Too harsh discipline by either or both of
the parents
Parents indifference to the child

Joint Parental Authority
Absence or Death of Parents
Dependent, Abandoned or Neglected
Child

Guevara and Bautista, Juvenile
Delinquency and Crime Prevention
(Copyright 2008)
John W. Santrock, Child Psychology 4
th

and 7
th
Edition
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