Conduct Problems in Youth: Sociological Perspectives

摘要: Within the field of sociology, conduct problems are often described in terms juvenile delinquency. Juvenile delinquency is a legal term with social implications. Often, delinquent behavior represents an effort youth to handle difficult situation his or her life, but which has been proscribed by legislative action. Most definitions include at least two concepts: (a) commission criminal youth; and (b) unlawful for not adults. These latter offenses termed status (Shoemaker, 2009). Thus, juveniles can commit actions would be crime anyone commit, as well behaviors prohibited solely because underage status. Typically, age majority establishing 18. The means when one becomes adult responsibilities; that is, legally adult. One important benefit right vote. this ­chapter, general patterns will sometimes referred criminality. Studies from sociological perspectives may both formal assessments delinquency, represented police, court, institutional data, informal accounts observational self-report data.