Decline Of Juvenile Delinquents

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There are a few different reasons juvenile delinquency has declined over the past three decades. First off let’s start with the punishment is harsher than was in the past. The entire system on tolerance for acting up has changed, it is not going to be tolerated anymore (Smith, 2015). There are now ‘prison’ type places for juveniles; because of being placed here in a not so nice environment word travels and they get scared. There are boot camps, military style now, to scare kids straight. We are in a different world; however, not one without crime within our youths.
Some reasoning behind the decline is systems within the laws are taking a more proactive approach to the number of juvenile delinquents. Trying to catch up to the act before its

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