Juvenile Crime

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of child abuse are “high levels of aggression and antisocial behavior”
and these children are twice as likely to become juvenile offenders. Also
improper parental care has been linked to delinquency such as mothers who drink
alcohol or take drugs during pregnancy cause their babies to grow up with
learning disorders, a problem which leads them to be juvenile criminals.
Another risk factor is the effect of the media on the juveniles of today.
Before the time a child has reached seventh grade, the average child has
witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence on the television. There
is no doubt that heavy exposure to televised violence is one of the causes of
aggressive behavior, crime and violence in society. Television violence affects
youngsters of all ages, of both genders, at all economic levels, and all levels
of intelligence. Long-term childhood exposure to television is a casual factor
behind one half of the homicides committed by juveniles in the United ...

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