There are three categories in which I would like to address in the field of Juvenile Justice. First and for most I truly believe that it is human nature or free will that can eventually lead adolescence to delinquent or criminal conduct. Once a teenager makes a conscious decision to reject societal norms, (Leighninger, pg. 332) and regard themselves in a pessimistic manner due to involvement in criminal activity, no one individual, be it parent, counselor, …
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…needed to do. It was getting to a point where allowing myself to listen to others and learn from their experience as well as mine was what was important. I am still just as stubborn as I was at 15, but now the role is reversed and I am hoping to be able to implement my own way of raising my children as well as carrying over the values I was taught as a small child.