John Marie Stephen P.

Pinto
Bs-Criminology 4B

Juvenile Delinquency and Crime Prevention

PRE-LESSON ACTIVITY

Instruction: Write your answers on the space provided.

1. What does juvenile mean?

Answer: Juvenile is a person who has not reached adulthood or the age of
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majority (usually 18). In the law, Juvenile is defined as a person who is not old enough
to be held responsible for criminal acts.

2. What do you understand about delinquency?

Answer: Delinquency is generally thought to mean criminal behavior committed by
juveniles under the legal age of adulthood. In other words, Delinquency
implies conduct that does not conform to the legal or moral standards of society.

3. Differentiate Delinquency from crime.

Answer: Crime is simply mean a specific act committed in violation of the law,
whereas delinquency means misconduct.
 Activity No. 1

Instruction: Write your answers on the space provided.

1. Are all forms of juvenile delinquency can be considered a crime? And are all
criminals can be considered delinquents? Justify your answer.
Answer: No, not all form of juvenile delinquency cannot be considered as a crime when a
person who has not reached adulthood or the age of majority (usually 18) and will
committed an offense which is punishable by the law can be punished under
juvenile law. And yes, all criminals considered as a delinquent simply because if we can
say delinquent person it refers to person who repeatedly commit an act that is against the
norms of the society and whose attitude toward of the individuals, towards community
and toward lawful authority that leads them to break the law.

2. Choriso is 23-year old man with a mental ability of a 6-year old. Can he be considered
a juvenile? Why or why not? Explain.
Answer: Absolutely speaking, the 23 yrs. old man Choriso are not longer considered as a
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juvenile. DELINQUENCY
Because & CRIME
juvenile defined only PREVENTION
to a person who are 18 yrs. of age. However, if 2
Choriso commits an offense that are punishable by the law, he automatically turned over
to a psychology doctor for the investigation purposes and if the doctors found outs that
she have a mental disability or a mental problem then Choriso will automatically turn over
to the mental hospital for the treatments.

3. In the categories of delinquent youth (accidental, asocial, neurotic, and social),

explain further the possible causes of their delinquent behaviors.
Answer: Accidental- It means a children who have less identifiable in personality and
temperament and then have a pure curiosity on the part of a young person and by that
means it will lead to them to commit crime.

Asocial- A children whose act manifested by vile, cruel and atrocious and conducts for
which they feel no remorse are prone to commit a certain crime.

Neurotic- This behavior causes by internal conflict and preoccupation with his own
emotion and mood. In tagalog term "may sayad."
Social- This behavior causes their own perception in their life that they think they're trying
to be controlled by the somebody. And by that means it will lead them to commit crime.

Activity No. 2

Instruction: Write your answers on the space provided.

1. Classical Theory have four reasons why delinquent persons/offenders should be

punished namely; General deterrence, Specific deterrence, incapacitation and
Retribution. In contrast with positivists that focused on Rehabilitation or Reformation
which has been the most widely applied correction method today. In your own
perspective, which is more effective the classical way of punishment or the
reformation/rehabilitation method? And why? Elaborate your answer.
Answer: In my own perspective, reformation/rehabilitation method is way more effective
than the classical
JUVENILE way of punishment.
DELINQUENCY & CRIMESince we’re talking about youth offenders, it is likely
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that the juvenile delinquents were affected by outside factors or less likely innate in
nature thus it needs to be treated rather than being severely punished according to the
classical way of punishment. As what reformation/rehabilitation method postulated, they
really believed that causes of crime and delinquency are varied thus making the treatment
for offender must also be varied. Therefore, for me the most effective way is the
reformation/rehabilitation method.

2. What parenting style did your parents applied in your home? And why?
Answer: Probably, Indulgent parent is what my mom’s parenting style is. She’s not
imposing strict discipline towards us, resulting us having more freedom and we doesn’t
fear her in a good way. But she corrects us if we crossed the line and discipline us
accordingly. As a result of her parenting style, we try our best not to cross the boundaries
of her limitation. We have the freedom to do things on our own as long as we know what
is good and bad, and we must also be accountable and responsible for our own freedom
and choice.
 POST TEST

Instruction: Write your answers on the space provided.

1. Jose, a high school student grow up in a slum area of Barangay Ginebra, his father
works as a construction worker and his mother as a laundry woman. Both his parents
are too busy working which resulted to their inattentiveness to his day-to-day activities,
because of that he begin going out with his barkadas into internet cafes playing
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computer DELINQUENCY
games & CRIME
and consequently PREVENTION
accompanied them in their akyat bahay activities to 4
sustain their rent for playing computer as well as to buy cigarette for his barkada. In
your assessment what type of delinquent youth is Jose? And what specific approach is
applicable for a type of delinquent like him?
Answer: Jose is a socialized type of delinquent youth, the specific approach applicable to
him is a Biogenic approach, probably the support from his family members, friends,
and acceptance of the community may solve the problem on delinquency.

2. Based on the biological theory articulated by Cesare Lombroso which focused on

physical attributes of a person (atavistic stigmata), do you think this theory is effective
to decide who are tend to be criminals? Why or why not?
Answer: No, this theory is not effective to decide who are tends to be a criminal because
not only by physical appearance is the basis of defining a criminal, some others might on
the cause of poverty, a broken family or even drug addicts.
 Jolly Bee is a Grade 5 student who live in Barangay Camumo, her parents are
“mangangalakal”, who buys tin cans, bottles, scrap, etc for a living. She has a 3-year old
brother who sometimes left under her care. Because their livelihood cannot sustain
their daily life her mother decided to go to Metro Manila to work as a house maid
leaving her younger brother to them. On the first day of her mother’s absence, her
brother is crying and screaming non-stop looking for their mother, but the next day her
brother suspiciously became relaxed yet looked depressed, and the next few weeks her
brother didn’t look for their mother anymore. As time passes, her mother barely
communicate with them and her father had an affair with their neighbor resulted to
them left alone in their house without even foods to eat.

3. In your evaluation, what phases did Jolly Bee’s younger brother faced when their
mother left?

Answer: I think the younger brother of Jolly bee’s facing is a family rejection, simply
because their parents are not there to take care of them and abandoned them.

4. Based on the situation above, what quality of home did Jolly Bee and her younger
brother have and why?

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Answer: Broken home because their parents leaving them both. In other word
they are abandoned children.