Causes
It is important to understand the many ways in which juvenile delinquency recidivism is affected by certain factors.
Violent Offenders
Many of the studies that focus on juvenile offenders are characteristically focused on the violent ones. The critique is that those who are released from the justice system will not commit dangerous crimes again because they have been rehabilitated during their sentence; however, this is not the case. Sources say that many of those juvenile offenders who commit violent crimes—violent crimes consisting of those like rape, homicide, attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, etc.—are more likely to reoffend in their lifetime after being released from the juvenile justice system (Vries & Liem, 2011, p. 484). While there is little knowledge about homicides committed by minors (485), because of the lack of substantial homicides committed by minors, it is important to note that these juveniles who commit violent crimes are more likely to reenter the adult justice system later in life. Rehabilitation is one of the effects of both the juvenile and adult justice systems that is frequently contested.
Community Involvement
There is a lot of disagreement when it comes to community involvement and its impact on juvenile delinquency. While the common belief that community involvement is one of the better ways to prevent juvenile recidivism, many studies would argue against that statement. Regardless of community involvement, those offenders who participated in the study had committed crimes all at the same rate. For example 72.3% of those observed eventually reentered the prison system. Carney and Buttell’s (2003) claim that neither wraparound nor conventional programs reduce recidivism at any substantial rate is convincing in that is explains why the rates of recidivism do not seem to change despite the amount of programs that are implemented. While many people believe that community involvement is something that will reduce juvenile delinquency, studies that focus on this specific aspect would say that juvenile delinquency is not necessarily positively affected by community involvement.n the juvenile justice system.

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