Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Solutions

Dear Colleagues,

As investigators continue to study the causes of juvenile delinquency, issues pertaining to societal influences remain prominent in much of the academic scholarship. Researchers have also noted the importance of examining psychological and economic factors that often lead to marked increases in delinquent behavior. As such, studies of juvenile delinquency have addressed the need for greater exploration of the family, school, and peers as influences, as well as those aspects of mental health and emotional regulation that can negatively impact youth behavior. Recent examinations have continued to focus on the dynamics of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, religion and social class as well as on the impact of mental health concerns and treatment strategies among youth labeled as delinquent (see Mosier, 2022 and Whitley et al., 2022 for examples). Investigators have also noted that greater assessment is needed to address the direct and indirect causes of juvenile delinquency in an effort to provide greater recommendations for policy and program change regarding intervention and prevention strategies (see Vega et al., 2022 and Danner et al., 2022 for examples). While some youth have perpetrated various types of property- and violence-related delinquency, others have been victimized directly or indirectly as witnesses to delinquent events. As service professionals, educators and policymakers work to identify the most effective means to curb delinquency, examinations of the root causes and associated influences remain of great concern and interest. Therefore, we invite you to submit manuscripts to Societies (ISSN 2075-4698) as part of the Special Issue ‘Juvenile Delinquency: Causes and Solutions’. Submissions that examine the role of individual, social, and ecological influences in the etiology and prevention of juvenile delinquency are welcomed. Special emphasis will be placed on the integration of theories, research, and/or practice in illustrating how and what can be done to reduce juvenile delinquency from a community and public health framework. Contributors from public health, criminology, criminal justice, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, public health, social work, and allied fields are encouraged to submit a full paper for publication. It is hoped that this issue will advance our understanding of youth delinquency and help in identifying effective strategies for prevention.

Danner, O. K., Sola, R., Butler, C., & Butty, K. (2022). Youth Violence Prevention: Violence Recovery Programs. In Difficult Decisions in Trauma Surgery (pp. 367-378). Springer, Cham.

Mosier, R. (2022). The Effect of Parenting Styles Adolescents Experience in Single-Mother Versus Single-Father Families on Juvenile Delinquency (Doctoral dissertation, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology).

Vega, S. C., Cutiño-Raya, S., & Espasandin-Bustelo, F. (2022). Poverty and Crime in Young People From Children Protection Centers. In Multidimensional Approach to Local Development and Poverty: Causes, Consequences, and Challenges Post COVID-19 (pp. 242-262). IGI Global.

Whitley, K., Tastenhoye, C., Downey, A., & Rozel, J. S. (2022). Mental Health Care of Detained Youth Within Juvenile Detention Facilities. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, 31(1), 31-44.

Dr. Zina T. McGee
Guest Editor

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• delinquency
• violence
• youth
• victimization
• theory
• research