Handouts Review Juvenile Deliquency
Handouts Review Juvenile Deliquency
Handouts Review Juvenile Deliquency
ETIOLOGY OF DELINQUENCY
Etiology of delinquency is the study on the causes of
delinquency. Why do crime and delinquency occur in our society?
What are the roots of these social problems? This topic is focused
on the various explanations and the theories of juvenile
Delinquency.
PARENS PATRIAE -STATE IS THE FATHER
This doctrine views minors who engage in extra-legal behaviors as a
victim of improper care, custody and treatment at home.
Illegal behavior is a sign that the state should step through its
juvenile authorities should act at the best interest of the child.
STATUS OFFENSE
-certain acts or omission. which may not be punishable if committed
by adults, but become illegal only because the person is under aged
and committed primarily by a children, minors, juvenile, youthful
offenders or other persons in need of supervision or assistance.
examples: truancy, sexual misconduct/immoral conduct,
profanity, running away from home, smoking, drinking or use
of drugs or prohibited substances, disobedience to parents or
school officials, association w/criminals or delinquent friends
and mendicancy.
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Juvenile delinquency is not a simple term, it means
different things to different individuals, and it means different
things to different groups. Juvenile delinquency is used to
describe a large number of disapproved behaviors of children
and youth. Juvenile delinquency is a major problem that a
society is suffering and will continue to suffer until there is
significant social and economic changes take place resulting in
a redirection of many youngs people behavior and efforts. To
prevent and control delinquency and the dimensions of the
problems, we need to know how serious delinquency is.
ENVIRONMENT
It is where the child is influenced after his first highly
formative years. Some of these causes are the following:
association with criminal groups
alcoholism and drug addiction
impulse of fear
crime inducing situation that caused criminal tendencies
imitated instinct like selfishness, violence and anti-social
wishes.
SCHOOL
-failure of the school in character development of the children and
the youth
- use of methods that create the conditions of failure or frustrations
on the part of the students
- truancy
- lack of facilities for curricular and extra curricular activities.
OTHER DEPARTMENT OR AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT
political interference of the higher positions
unfair decisions of the court
police carelessness and unfair treatment
influence from the newspapers, movies, TV, radio, comic, and
other magazines.
OTHER FACTORS
Unemployment
Emotional maturity cannot accept the truth and cannot
accept his emotion.
Too much ego whether right or wrong, safe or
dangerous, permitted or prohibited.
Psychopathic personality it is characterized by lack of
response, lack of conscience, deficient feeling of affection
to others and aggression to environment and other
people.
JUVENILE GANGS
Juvenile gang is self-formed association of peers bound
together by mutual interest, with identifiable leadership, welldeveloped lines of authority, and other organizational features, who
act in concert to achieve specific purposes which generally include
delinquent behavior.
At this age, children are not yet
emotionally stable and their social judgment has not yet
matured.
Will CICL who are criminally exempt just scot free?
DIVERSION PROGRAMS
At the level of the Punong barangay:
Restitution of property
Reparation of the damage caused
Indemnification consequential damages
Written or oral apology
Care, guidance, and supervision orders
Counseling for the CICL and his/her family