Body Art & Suggestive Dressing: The Issue of Promiscuity and Delinquency
Introduction
The issue of promiscuity and delinquency is popular among the adolescents, especially when they are touched with the peers and the liberalization of entertainment. One of the signs that can be detected is the increasing number of adolescent pseudo who dresses like the people they idolizes. Most of them even get a body art like tattooing and body piercing which distastes the parents. Therefore, various studies are launched pertaining to the issue of promiscuity and delinquency.
Theories
One group of theories, for example, emphasizes the importance of peer group influences on delinquency. These theories, called social learning theories, address how delinquent behavior is learned in the context of peer group relations (The Study of Juvenile Delinquency, 2005). The delinquency is hypothesized to start at the very young age. Childhood exposure to violence against females and male-modeled antisocial behavior were examined as risk factors for sexual aggression, and nonsexual aggression and delinquency. As hypothesized, youth who sexually offended against prepubescent children manifested greater deficits in psychosocial functioning, committed fewer offenses against strangers, and demonstrated less violence in their sexual offending than offenders against pubescent females. Findings are discussed within the context of two major evolutionary psychological concepts for explaining human sexual behavior: intrasexual selection and intersexual selection. There are three potential mediators of risk were examined: Hostile Masculinity, Egotistical– Antagonistic Masculinity, and Psychosocial Deficits. Hostile Masculinity has been shown to be a significant predictor of self-reported sexual aggression and likelihood to rape age-group peer or adult women. Egotistical/Antagonistic Masculinity reflects a stereotypically masculine sex role orientation, and high “mating effort,” or a heightened emphasis on aggressive dominance in sexual competitions with other males. Males who score high on this factor tend to be hypermasculine and egocentric, and prefer casual sex to long-term commitments in relationships with females. Egotistical/Antagonistic Masculinity has been shown to predict both juvenile delinquency and early adolescent promiscuity. Deficits in social competency have been shown to be associated with an increased risk of interpersonal aggression in juveniles (Hunter, 2004).
The Study on Promiscuity and Delinquency
Delinquency, upon the investigation of the medical settings and the law, might lead to criminal behaviors. The transition from childhood to adulthood in an increasingly complexity might follow the trend of delinquent behavior. Young people who are at risk of becoming delinquent often live in difficult circumstances. Children who for various reasons—including parental alcoholism, poverty, breakdown of the family, overcrowding, abusive conditions in the home, the growing HIV/AIDS scourge, or the death of parents during armed conflicts—are orphans or unaccompanied and are without the means of subsistence, housing and other basic necessities are at greatest risk of falling into juvenile delinquency. The problem of juvenile delinquency and promiscuity is becoming more complicated and universal, and crime prevention programmes are either unequipped to deal with the present realities or do not exist. Many developing countries have done little or nothing to deal with these problems, and international programmes are obviously insufficient. Developed countries are engaged in activities aimed at juvenile crime prevention, but the overall effect of these programmes is rather weak because the mechanisms in place are often inadequate to address the existing situation (World Youth Report, 2003). Many researchers considered the effects of the different factors in honing the delinquency and promiscuity among adolescents that even extends though the investigation of the role of individual factors, including biological characteristics and personality, situational and routine dimensions like the trends in the environment, and the importance of social relationships, especially family relations and school experiences, in controlling delinquency. The previous studies also addresses the effects of the increasing number of delinquencies in the structure of the society and how societal characteristics motivate individual behavior (The Study of Juvenile Delinquency, 2005).
Conclusion and Recommendation
Juvenile delinquency and the linked issue of promiscuity is a problem which, despite different and varied cultural backgrounds, is found with common characteristics universally (Choueiri, Choueiri, & Choueiri, 2004). The young population including the children, adolescents, and young adults are affected by these problems because they are the population who are the main target. Therefore, a rehabilitation system should be provided among the countries that can be helpful in setting up the thorough development of the child and the entire young population. In addition, through the effective approaches and measures for preventing juvenile delinquency are detailed, with particular attention given to the development of educational, professional development and community programmes, improvements in family relations and parenting skills, and the value of restorative justice for both perpetrators and victims.
References:
Choueiri, E.M., Choueiri, B.M., & Choueiri, B.M., (2004) Juvenile Delinquency -An International Case Study, The Correctional Trainer (Winter) [Online] Available at: http://www.iactp.org/pdf/Juvenile%20Delinquency%20-%20International%20Case%20Study.pdf [Accessed 12 October 2010].
Hunter, J.A., (2004) Developmental Pathways in Youth Sexual Aggression and Delinquency: Risk Factors and Mediators, Journal of Family Violence, 19(4). [Online] Available at: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ajf/pdf/Hunter%20et%20al%202004.pdf [Accessed 12 October 2010].
The Study of Juvenile Delinquency (2005) [Online] Available at: http://www.jblearning.com/samples/0763736287/Chapter_01.pdf [Accessed 12 October 2010].
World Youth Report, (2003) Juvenile Delinquency [Online] Available at: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/ch07.pdf [Accessed 12 October 2010].
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