Poverty stricken youth in urban areas are more susceptible to delinquency more than any other demographic there is. Reason being is because they aren’t normally given the best of situations to start with. Problems arise from their environments such as parental supervision, because mom and dad are either working or aren’t together anymore leaving the youth to be raised either by grandma or another elderly family living in the home. This alone creates delinquency in youth because it leaves them malnourished of attention and acceptance from their true role models and are forced to seek out their needs through other influences such as gangs and bonding with other delinquent individuals.
As of recent studies, Intelligence has proven to be a possible factor of juvenile delinquency. “A longitudinal study of 411 students showed that those who later became