Discuss the role of social class in determining the form that delinquency takes

What will be an ideal response?


• Poverty is a major risk factor for delinquency and frequently is accompanied by other risk factors related to family disruption.
o Lower-class girls tend to experience higher risk levels than youth from higher echelons.
o Lower-class girls are more likely to have unsatisfactory experiences to school, to need to deal with risks of pregnancy and premature motherhood, and to lack supportive networks at home.
• Many live in neighborhoods where guns, gangs, and drugs are common.
• Many come from a family with at least one relative in jail, making prison more of a norm than a social rarity.

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