New Forms of Juvenile Delinquency: Criminological Aspects (From Juveniles and Delinquency in the Italian and European Context: Proceedings of the International Conference Organized by ISPAC and Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Sociale, Milan, Italy, December 1995, P 79-85, 1996, See NCJ-1653

• NCJ Number: 165328
• Author(s): G De Leo
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 7 pages
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: Italy

Annotation

Four emerging types of juvenile delinquency in Italy are discussed with respect to their criminological aspects, nature, extent, and implications.

Abstract

The new forms of delinquency are influenced not only by the definitions and societal attitudes toward them but also by society's ways of addressing them. The four forms are delinquency among immigrants and nomadic persons, delinquency linked with organized crime, delinquency committed by children under age 14, and crime and violence involving family and friends. Immigrants and others from outside the European community amount to 1 percent of the population and 20 percent of criminal charges. Reliable data do not exist regarding the involvement of minors in organized crime. More than 9,000 criminal charges occur each year against children under age 14, the age of criminal responsibility. Great public concern exists about violence in close relationships. Being the victim of violence in a close relationship as a child or adolescent appears to relate to committing violence later, although this relationship does not appear to be direct. However, adults must focus not only on delinquency but also on the dimensions of normal, everyday relationships of children and youth in school and the family.