The process of industrialization and advancement increased the local movement of population greatly with the rapid economic growth and promoted downward movement actively. Consequently, as juvenile delinquencies have been increased in quantity, organi...
The process of industrialization and advancement increased the local movement of population greatly with the rapid economic growth and promoted downward movement actively. Consequently, as juvenile delinquencies have been increased in quantity, organized in quality and violent and younger in criminal types, social concerns on the juvenile delinquencies have been increased and considered as a serious social problem. This study is on the roles of police in preventing juvenile delinquencies, examines the characteristics of the adolescence, understands the concept of juvenile delinquencies and analyzes the characteristics of juvenile delinquencies.Chapter 2 examines the concept of juvenile delinquent and the characteristics of juvenile delinquency with related theories, explores biological, psychological and social theories as the causes of juvenile delinquencies, investigates the roles of police in preventing juvenile delinquencies with the cases of polices in America, England and Japan and describes the roles of police taking charge of the juvenile affairs in Korea.Chapter 3 conducts questionnaire with police stations in Gwangju and Jeonnam as the actual analysis of juvenile delinquencies, examines the age, sex and cause of research subjects as the analysis of social and economic backgrounds, describes education, environment and activity of police in the analysis of services and roles of police and reviews the results of analyzing the governmental programs.Chapter 4 is conclusion, which suggests the active progress of juvenile related services in cooperation with home, school, private organizations, local governments and government for their protection and guidance through the analysis of theories and practices of juvenile delinquencies.