Juvenile Crime
Juvenile Crime | Holding Parents Legally Responsible for Juvenile Crime May Be Counterproductive
After 16-year-old Alex Provenzino, from an affluent Detroit suburban family, was sentenced to a year in prison for breaking and entering, the law went after his parents. It’s not as if Anthony and Susan Provenzino hadn’t been warned. Five months earlier, when Alex was arrested for burglary and marijuana violations, the court released him with an admonition to his parents to do a better job of supervising him. But when the police showed up at the Provenzino’s home to question Alex about some new home and church burglaries, they found not only the stolen goods, but a handgun, knife,...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Are Juvenile Crime and Violence Increasing?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Juvenile Crime and Violence Are Increasing
- Juvenile Crime and Violence Are Not Increasing
- Juvenile Crime Is a Serious Problem in Schools
- Juvenile Crime Is Not a Serious Problem in Schools
- Juveniles Are Becoming Ruthless
- Juveniles Are Unfairly Blamed for Increasing Crime and Violence
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 2: What Are the Causes of Juvenile Crime and Violence?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Why the Young Kill
- Environmental Factors Contribute to Juvenile Crime and Violence
- Violence in the Media Contributes to Juvenile Crime
- Violence in the Media Does Not Contribute to Juvenile Crime
- Guns Contribute to Juvenile Crime
- Guns Do Not Contribute to Juvenile Crime
- The Root Cause of Juvenile Crime and Violence Is Poverty
- The Root Cause of Juvenile Crime and Violence Is Fatherlessness
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 3: What Factors Contribute to Gang- Related Juvenile Crime?
- Chapter 3 Preface
- The Media Contribute to Gang-Related Juvenile Crime
- Gangsta Rap Music Contributes to Gang-Related Juvenile Crime
- A Need for Family Contributes to Gang-Related Juvenile Crime
- Poor Parenting Contributes to Gang-Related Juvenile Crime
- American Capitalism Contributes to Gang-Related Juvenile Crime
- Chapter 3 Periodical Bibliography
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Chapter 4: How Can Juvenile Crime and Violence Be Combated?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- More Juveniles Should Be Tried as Adults
- Juveniles Should Not Be Tried as Adults
- Parents Should Be Held Legally Responsible for Juvenile Crime
- Holding Parents Legally Responsible for Juvenile Crime May Be Counterproductive
- Curfew Laws Are Effective at Combating Juvenile Crime
- Curfew Laws Are Ineffective at Combating Juvenile Crime
- Harsher Punishment Is the Answer to Juvenile Crime
- More After-School Programs Are the Answer to Juvenile Crime
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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