Graphic Organizer

Appropriate consequences
More sophisticated or infue
Sexual Behavior

Recidivism

Crimes
involved
Violence

Lost Wages

The Effects
of Juvenile
Delinquency

Vandalism

May incur
expenses

Theft

Health Care
Correlation between juvenile
delinquency &

Psychological care

Placement in residential
detention

Victims
always
suffer loss

Effects

Alcohol Abuse
Lose his or her freedom
May lose ground academically

Gang Involvement
Making
neighborhoods
unsafe

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The Effects of Juvenile Delinquency

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III.
IV.

V.
VI.
VII.

VIII.

IX.
X.
XI.
XII.

Victims are the people affected

Crime involved
A. Theft
B. Vandalism
C. Violence
Victim always suffer loss
May incur expenses related to
A. Lost wages
B. Health care
C. Psychological care
Effects
A. Lose of freedom
B. Lose ground academically
Repeat offender older than 14
A. Can be sentenced
Correlation between juvenile delinquency &
A. Drug use
B. Gang involvement
C. Sexual behavior
Issues challenging communities
A. Making neighborhoods unsafe
B. Costing large amount of public money
1. Spent on law enforcement
2. School safety
Acting out to protest perceived abuses
Believed that there is no future of theme
Expressing anger of frustration
Juvenile delinquency affects
A. American individuals
B. Families
C. Communities

XIII. Challenges the efforts of

A. Government agencies
B. Politicians
C. Educators
D. Faith communities
E. Non profit organizations

Topic Outline

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The Effects of Juvenile Delinquency

1. The most obvious people affected by juvenile delinquency are the victims.

2. Whether the crime involves theft, vandalism, or violence, the victim always
suffers loss.

3. The juvenile who commits crime also suffers effects that he or she is probably
unable to predict
3.1 He or she may lose his or her freedom while being incarcerated or placed
on probation.
3.2 The juvenile may lose ground academically as well.
4. This makes recidivism likely and, in many states, when a juvenile older than 14
becomes a repeat offender, he or she can be tried and sentenced as an adult.
4.1 The delinquency may even have future consequences on the
adolescents college and career choices.
5. There is a correlation between juvenile delinquency and drug use, gang
involvement, alcohol abuse, and sexual behavior.
5.1 All of these issues challenge communities by making neighborhoods
unsafe and costing large amounts of public money to be spent on law enforcement
and school safety

6. Young people who commit serious crimes before they are 18 years old challenge
the future for everyone involved.
6.1 They may be acting out to protest perceived abuses that have been
perpetrated against them.
6.2 They may believe that there is no future for them outside of a life of
crime.

6.3 They may be expressing anger or frustration directed against another

person or group or looking for approval from a gang.

7. Whatever the motive, juvenile delinquency affects too many American

individuals, families, and communities.