1. What are the two broad categories of behaviors that fall within the legal def

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1. What are the two broad categories of behaviors that fall within the legal definitions of delinquency?

2. What are the shortcomings of legal definitions of delinquency?

3. How could labeling a youth as a delinquent affect his or her future behavior?

4. How do public perceptions of the delinquency problem affect responses to juvenile crime?

5. What types of data are contained in the UCR?

6. What problems are associated with using UCR arrest data as an indicator of juvenile crime?

7. What are the primary uses of official data?

8. What are the major findings of cohort studies of delinquency?

Explanation / Answer

1. Two broad categories that fall within in the legal definitions of delinquency are a) illegal crimes committed by minors which are dealt by juvenile courts & b) status offences also dealt by juvenile court. 2. shortcomings of delinquency are- a) chances of emergence of same crime committed by minor, b) It results self alienation from society that creates major issue afterwards, c)Child abuse & neglect from society generates feelings of rejection in the minds of minor.    3. Labelling ayouth as a delinquent leads to develop negative self image in long term. In future the may proceed to act like criminal because society labelled him or her as a bad person so he or she should act in that way. The stigma that holds a youth as a delinquent convert him or her behaviour to act negatively.    4. Public perceptions gives negative impact or we can say negative influences to fall victim to the bad environment. Absence of social support system further leads to juvenile crime. 5. It copiles data on nationwide crime in the United States of America.    6. In UCR arrest data there is less numbers of arrest of minors as compared to adults that indirectly leading to more numbers of juvenile crime. 7. Official data mainly uses for making statistical surveys & consensus. 8. With the use of sample of youth over a specific period of time for case study helps in understanding of various factors that leads to delinquency

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