This is a hard question to answer because first we must breakdown juvenile delinquency to even begin to answer the question. According to the book juvenile justice (2014), a juvenile is "a youth who falls within an age range specified by state law. The age range varies from state to state"(p. 9) . Delinquency is described also in juvenile justice (2014) as, "behaviors that fall within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and result in processing by official juvenile justice agents.” (p. 3) . If we take that at face value we can say yes, based on the longitudinal study that if indeed the offense fits both category’s it should encompass both types of crime. That’s from a legal point of view. But from my opinion I believe we should indeed separate the status offenses from the nonviolent offenses. For starters these are kids who mostly lost their way and need help or guidance. Second this is what the community wants from our government. Lastly it’s outrageous when kids get treated the same for both when this could seriously mess them up or their lives and or send them down the wrong path. I’d like to point out the video age & Crime Relationship to arrest rates. From what I watched it seems they were trying to make these boys a warning to all others who would attempt to play these games. For the boys themselves we don’t know how this will affect them later on in life.
The findings of these three studies have nothing in common because they were all looking for different answers with their research. What makes them great is the very fact that each one is looking at a different aspect. "The Denver study follows 1,527 boys and girls from high-risk neighborhoods in Denver, who were seven, nine, eleven, thirteen, and fifteen years old in 1987. In exploring the changes in the nature of delinquency and drug use from the 1970's to the 1990's" (p. 2) . "The Pittsburgh study, a longitudinal study of 1,517 inner-city boys, followed three samples of boys for more...