Juvenile Delinquency

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The two websites I found that promote community involvement in the prevention of juvenile delinquency are http://www.uncjin.org/Standards/Rules/r12/r12.html and http://www.safeyouth.org/scripts/teens/docs/community.pdf. The first website discusses the fundamental principles, scope of the guidelines, general principles and socialization processes of juvenile delinquency prevention. Their beliefs are that juveniles can develop non-criminal attitudes "by engaging in lawful, socially useful activities and adopting a humanistic orientation" (Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency). I believe that this website is appealing to adults. This website would be useful to parents of juvenile delinquents or parents who think their child might be or become delinquent. This site would also be useful to teachers, principles, and child prevention agencies. This program isn't linked to a school. I believe that it entails moral development of juveniles in society.

By saying moral development, I am referring to a juvenile's behavior and attitude toward other people in society. Juveniles look to see if other people in society follow the norms, rules, and laws.

It also entails family environment efforts and effects on juveniles. Without specialized educational programs in child development and parenting, many future parents will not have a chance at becoming successful. Many parents today are already contributing to the problem of juvenile delinquency because they don't know how to be parents. Being a parent is a lifelong commitment and new parents must learn parenting skills immediately. Mistakes in parenting will often have a drastic effect on children.

This site explains that "the family is the central unit responsible for the primary socialization of children; efforts should be made to preserve the integrity of the family and extended family" (Guidelines for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency). I believe this program will be and has been somewhat effective. One aspect that I believe is important is education. This program didn't...