It has become apparent that more and more adolescences are becoming juveniles today, than ever before. Over the last ten years, younger juveniles are engaging in more criminal activity, which increases the incarceration rate by two hundred percent, along side the increase of women. However, the factor that may contribute to this societal detriment is the issues within our social intuitions. More specifically, the institution of family has the most influence on a child’s psyche, which can produce and/or influence their possible deviant outcomes. Along side the increase of juvenile delinquency, there has been an increase in divorce rates. Which, leads in several plausible directions and factor that may contribute to the increase of juvenile delinquency. The increase in divorce solidifies that there will be cracks in that family. Therefore, adolescents will respond in either rebellion or internalize their parent’s behavior and become a product of that broken union of relationship. Functional sociologists would suggest that their deviant behaviors is a cause of the family institution weakening, thus resulting in an adolescent producing anomie, which is a deviant response to normalcy and/or act of detaching ones self from society (Albanese, 192) (Kendall, 190). Another factor would be the symbolic interaction of labels, and the outcome of a self-fulfilling prophecy. The majority of he juvenile increase may not be based on the biological reasons, but on social forces that contribute to our label. The symbolic perspective on labeling, would suggest, “No behavior is inherently delinquent or criminal; it is defined as such by a social audience” (Kendall, 192). This will result in a “self fulfilling prophecy, which concludes that the likelihood of a juvenile accepting a delinquent label can result in a new personal identity and enter into a lifestyle of crime (Albanese, 73-72).
Another rise in the criminal justice system is the increase of violent behaviors from women, which results in an increasing percentage of female incarcerations. There has been a trend of risk taking, thrill seeking, and aggressive attributes from woman, which resulted in deviant-violent behaviors and possible incarceration. According to the conflict theory, this is a result of gender inequalities in a male-dominant culture (Kendall, 191-192). More specifically, this can be a result based on more issues within the institution of family and relationships (boyfriend-girlfriend ordeals). When the union of marriage is broken up, there is one who takes on the victim role. This is typically the woman, which results in an abusive relationship and/or outcome of a broken relationship. There is a connection due to the act of violence based on gender, and the role of victimization based on gender as well. Thus, indicating that a woman’s violent behaviors can be a result of domestic violence. Another factor is the concept of the “second shift” in the family institution. Society would suggest that stress-related diseases are a “father type disease”, since they are the breadwinners of the family. However, there has been an upsurge of the increase of stress related disease in women, resulting from entering the work force, due to single-motherhood, and/or continuing their working role at home, the core parent of child rearing as well as serving the needs of her husband. These results can be a responsive act of victimization, which will result in violent behaviors. A core example is the “battered woman syndrome”, which is a defense mechanism used in the court of law that suggests the violent behavior of a female defendant, who possibly killed her husband, as a result of domestic abuse.
Another rise in the criminal justice system is the increase of violent behaviors from women, which results in an increasing percentage of female incarcerations. There has been a trend of risk taking, thrill seeking, and aggressive attributes from woman, which resulted in deviant-violent behaviors and possible incarceration. According to the conflict theory, this is a result of gender inequalities in a male-dominant culture (Kendall, 191-192). More specifically, this can be a result based on more issues within the institution of family and relationships (boyfriend-girlfriend ordeals). When the union of marriage is broken up, there is one who takes on the victim role. This is typically the woman, which results in an abusive relationship and/or outcome of a broken relationship. There is a connection due to the act of violence based on gender, and the role of victimization based on gender as well. Thus, indicating that a woman’s violent behaviors can be a result of domestic violence. Another factor is the concept of the “second shift” in the family institution. Society would suggest that stress-related diseases are a “father type disease”, since they are the breadwinners of the family. However, there has been an upsurge of the increase of stress related disease in women, resulting from entering the work force, due to single-motherhood, and/or continuing their working role at home, the core parent of child rearing as well as serving the needs of her husband. These results can be a responsive act of victimization, which will result in violent behaviors. A core example is the “battered woman syndrome”, which is a defense mechanism used in the court of law that suggests the violent behavior of a female defendant, who possibly killed her husband, as a result of domestic abuse.
Works Cited:
Albanese, Jay S. Criminal Justice. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999. Print.
Kendall, Diana Elizabeth. Social Problems in a Diverse Society. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1998. Print.
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