Juvenile Delinquency

There are many factors that can contribute to juvenile delinquency. Some of these factors can be influenced while others cannot. One factor I believe is the most changeable is parental monitoring. Parental monitoring means knowing where your children are, what they're doing, and who they're with. However, parental monitoring can be many other things as well. One thing parents can do is spend as much time with their children as they can. It is proven that there are better child outcomes for families that have dinner together with meaningful conversations. There are also several factors that are not controllable. These factors include peer, individual, and environmental factors. Parents cannot control their children's peers. Children who have a rejected peer status are more likely to become delinquents. The peer group that they hang out with can also influence the group norms. Intelligence level is also a factor that cannot be controlled. The children's family's socioeconomic status can make them gravitate toward juvenile delinquency as well.