JUV E NI L E D EL I NQ U E N C Y

G - B AND IGA N, P H. D (C AR)

PROF. ELAINE YUNTIN
LEGAL BASIS OF JJW IN THE PHIL.
ARTICLE II, SECTION 13, PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
“THE STATE RECOGNIZES THE VITAL ROLE OF THE YOUTH IN
NATION-BUILDING AND SHALL PROMOTE AND PROTECT THEIR
PHYSICAL, MORAL, SPIRITUAL, INTELLECTUAL, AND SOCIAL WELL-
BEING. IT SHALL INCULCATE IN THE YOUTH PATRIOTISM AND
NATIONALISM, AND ENCOURAGE THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN PUBLIC
AND CIVIC AFFAIRS.”
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
• REFERS TO CRIMINAL ACTS PERFORMED BY JUVENILES.
• IS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW BY NON-ADULTS. IT INVOLVES CRIMES SUCH AS MURDER,
RAPE, AS WELL AS CERTAIN OFFENSES THAT ARE ILLEGAL ONLY WHEN COMMITTED BY
MINORS, SUCH AS TRUANCY OR CERTAIN SEXUAL ACTIVITIES.

• IT REFERS TO AN ANTI-SOCIAL ACT OR CONDUCT WHICH DEVIATES FROM THE USUAL

PATTERN OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS, CUSTOMS, AND CULTURE WHICH IS NOT
RECOGNIZED BY

• SOCIETY AND WHICH, THUS, JUSTIFIES ANY KIND OF PUBLIC INTEREST ADMONITION,
• PENALTY, OR COERCIVE MEASURES AND IS COMMITTED BY MINORS
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

• ISAN ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OR ACT WHICH DIFFERS FROM THE NORMAL

MODEL OF SET OF LAWS AND PARAMETERS, CULTURE, CUSTOM WHICH SOCIETY
IN BROAD-SPECTRUM DOES NOT CONFORM. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
GENERALLY REFERS TO YOUTH BEHAVIOR WHICH IS AGAINST NORM AND
REGULATIONS OF SOCIETY, WHICH IF LEFT UNCHECKED WOULD GIVE RISE TO
CRIMINALITY.
THE DELINQUENT PERSON
THE DELINQUENT PERSON – IS A PERSON WHO REPEATEDLY
COMMITS AN ACT THAT IS AGAINST THE NORMS OR MORES
OBSERVED BY THE SOCIETY. WHEN A PERSON HABITUALLY COMMITS
ACT THAT IS NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES OR POLICIES OF
A COMMUNITY WHERE HE BELONGS, HE IS CONSIDERED A
DELINQUENT
 NATURE OF DELINQUENCY
JUVENILE CRIME IS A TERMINOLOGY USED TO GENERALLY DENOTE VARIOUS
OFFENSES COMMITTED BY CHILDREN OR YOUTHS UNDER THE AGE OF 18. SUCH
ACTS ARE AT TIMES REFERRED TO AS JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. CHILDREN’S
OFFENSES CHARACTERISTICALLY INCLUDE ABERRANT AND ANTI SOCIAL ACTS,
WHICH WOULD BE CONSIDERED CRIMES IF COMMITTED BY ADULTS, AND STATUS
OFFENSES, WHICH ARE LESS SERIOUS MISBEHAVIOR SUCH AS TRUANCY AND
PARENTAL DISOBEDIENCE. BOTH ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE
FAMILY/COURT/JUVENILE COURT; MORE SERIOUS OFFENSES COMMITTED BY
MINORS MAY BE TRIED IN CRIMINAL COURT AND BE SUBJECT PRISON SENTENCE.
 CATEGORIES OF DELINQUENT YOUTH

• ACCIDENTAL- LESS IDENTIFIABLE IN PERSONALITY AND TEMPERAMENT, ESSENTIALLY A LAW ABIDING

CITIZEN BUT HAPPENS TO BE AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME. THIS MAY BE CREDITED TO
PEER PRESSURE OR PURE CURIOSITY ON HE PART OF THE YOUNG PERSON.
ACCIDENTAL

LESS IDENTIFIABLE IN PERSONALITY AND TEMPERAMENT, ESSENTIALLY A LAW

ABIDING CITIZEN BUT HAPPENS TO BE AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.
THIS MAY BE CREDITED TO PEER PRESSURE OR PURE CURIOSITY ON HE PART OF
THE YOUNG PERSON.
ASOCIAL
• CHILDREN WHOSE ACTS ARE MANIFESTED BY VILE, CRUEL AND
ATROCIOUS ACTS AND CONDUCT FOR WHICH THEY FEEL NO
REMORSE. TIMELY INTERVENTION IS NECESSARY SO AS TO
PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING RUTHLESS CRIMINALS CAPABLE
OF ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND HEINOUS CRIMES.
NEUROTIC
• THE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF THE YOUTH IS A DIRECT RESULT OF
INTERNAL CONFLICT AND PRE-OCCUPATION WITH HIS OWN
EMOTION AND MOOD. THERAPY AND COUNSELING IS NECESSARY
TO CONTROL THIS TYPE OF DELINQUENCY, FAILURE TO DO SO WILL
BE RISKY SINCE THIS ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOR MAKES THE CHILD
PRONE TO COMMIT SERIAL CRIMES UPON ADULTHOOD
SOCIAL

REFERS TO AN AGGRESSIVE TEENS WHO RESENTS AUTHORITY WHETHER BE IT PARENTAL, SCHOOL

REGULATIONS OR ORDINANCES AND LAWS PASSES BY THE PROPER LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITIES. THE MOST
COMMON REASON FOR SUCH DISLIKE IS FOCUSED TO ANYONE WHO TRIES TO CONTROL THEIR CONDUCT
 
TYPES OF YOUTH BEHAVIOR DISORDERS

• ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR-IT MAY BE BEST CHARACTERIZED BY DISOBEDIENCE AND DISRESPECT FOR

AUTHORITY.

• TRUANCY- STUDENTS FAILING TO ATTEND THEIR CLASSES FOR 20 DAYS WITHOUT ANY REASONABLE
CAUSE.

• VAGRANCY- REFERS TO CHILDREN WHO ARE UNABLE TO COPE WITH THEIR FAMILY LIFE AND CHOOSES TO
LEAVE THE FAMILY HOME. THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF FEEBLE-MINDEDNESS, DISAGREEABLE HOME
CONDITIONS, BROKEN HOMES AND MISDIRECTED FANCY FOR ADVENTURES.
• EMOTIONAL DISORDERS-SUCH MISBEHAVIORS IS RELATED TO FEAR REACTIONS, TEMPER TANTRUMS
AND JEALOUSY REACTIONS.

• LYING- THE PENCHANT FOR NOT TELLING THE TRUTH CLEARLY MANIFEST THAT THE FOLLOWING ARE
LACKING: LOVE, SECURITY, ATTENTION, RESPECT, ACCEPTANCE, PRAISE AND HAPPINESS.

• STEALING- THIS CRIMINAL ACT COMES FROM LOOSE MORALS IN THE HOME, LACK OF ECONOMIC
SECURITY WHEREIN THE PARENTS ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN,
UNDISCIPLINED DESIRE FOR POSSESSION AN PLEASURE SEEKING AND PARENTAL INDIFFERENCE.