Juvenile delinquency is the term which is known widely to all those crimes that are perpetrated exclusively by people who still have not reached the age of majority, usually that age is established by the laws of each country the most common being 18 years. Therefore, it can be said that a juvenile delinquent is a young man who does not reach 18 years of age and who usually carries out a variety of illegal actions.
In recent years, as a consequence of the great progress that juvenile delinquency has had, experts have taken on the task of carrying out investigations and reports, from different points of view, to analyze this phenomenon that as the Time grows, therefore, it is impossible to determine a single factor as a trigger for this action, since the reality is that there are many conditions that are usually available around a young person, so that he decides to commit a crime.
It should be noted that there are a series of factors that can lead to some minors and not others, falling into the field of crime. Among such elements we can highlight the fact of living in a conflictive environment in which crime is a daily occurrence, another factor is abusing alcohol and drugs, also having friendships that do not contribute anything good to the person, disorders of behavior, having depressive episodes constantly etc.
Such circumstances and many more are what motivate a large part of the youth population to fall into gangs where violence is encouraged, in addition to being associated with drug issues, robberies or any other type of illegal behavior.
When a crime is committed by a young person has, it will normally be the juvenile courts delegates responsible for carrying out analysis of the case and establish the sentence that best fit.
Experts consider that in order to prevent cases of juvenile delinquency from occurring, it is extremely important that the pertinent authorities take measures within the educational, family and even treatment related to the consumption of psychotropic substances.
