With all of the individual, family, community, and societal costs of juvenile delinquency, it is fair to ask if we are doing the right things to facilitate its reduction. It is so easy to stay in the same old mind set, while simply changing our outward appearance. To this day, many programs continue to emphasize services to individual youth who have demonstrated delinquent or pre-delinquent behaviors, without giving sufficient focus to family, neighborhood, and community factors that facilitate or support negative youth behavior. If we look at youth as the rising plants in the garden of society, we are sure to pay more attention to these facilitative factors. Here are some principles that can help... Read more

