Differentiate between a juvenile delinquent and a juvenile status offender and explain how social bonds and social control theory applies to juvenile delinquency.
What will be an ideal response?
Vary. Juvenile delinquent typically refers to a youth who is in trouble with the law. A juvenile status offender is a juvenile who has violated a law that only applies to minors 7-17 years old. Juveniles who enter the system are often thought to lack strong bonds to the community, role models, and opportunity and/or to lack formal or informal mechanisms of social control such as peers, mentors, and other adult supervision.
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