Delinquency
Friday, May 14th, 2010Antisocial and nonlegal acts perpetuated by delinquents range from minor to grave offenses. Antisocial behavior includes vandalism, causing damage to property, truancy, especially from school work, disobedience, vagrancy, defiance to parents and to persons of authority, gambling accompanied by petty thievery, thrill seeking, like gate crashing, extortion and other sadistic acts, acts of lasciviousness, which are crimes against chastity. Accompanying the above delinquents acts are alcoholism and drug addiction.
When the different patterns of delinquent behavior are met with parental indifference or neglect and if he delinquent gets away from legal punishment, he or she is likely to commit more serious crimes, such as homicide, murder, arson, and kidnapping. At this stage, the delinquent has lost track of what is right and what is wrong and views society as a factor that hinders satisfactions.