Exploring Juvenile Delinquency and Digital Influence

The provided assignment delves into the topic of juvenile delinquency, examining various factors that contribute to this phenomenon. It discusses how social media platforms can lead to blackmail and online exploitation of teenagers, as well as the impact of digital influence on their behavior and maturity levels. The assignment also touches upon the role of internet banging, music preferences, and video game violence in shaping juvenile delinquency. By analyzing these factors, the assignment aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the complex issues surrounding juvenile delinquency.

Running head: MEDIA AND DELINQUENCY
Media and Delinquency
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Berns, N. S. (2017). Framing the victim: Domestic violence, media, and social problems.
Routledge.
Social media is responsible for transforming the social problems and they are then
shaped into stories that can sell the magazines. The way things are portrayed over social
media often lead to incidents of juvenile violence. In the context of mass media, the
producers make use of the social problems in order to entertain the viewers. The article says
that cyber bullying is the direct outcome of that of the impact of social media. Harassment is
perpetrated on the teens and it occurs mostly to that of the older girls. Exposure to that of the
pornographic material often leads the young people to commit acts that are not suitable for
their age. Social networking can act as a great place in order to meet people who have got
similar interest and it can prove to be a great technique for the writers and the entrepreneurs.
Cyber bullying occurs to that of the older girls and the teens of both the gender who have got
a strong online presence. These sources are of relevance to the topic because it shows how
being exposed to the pornographic material can lead the youth to deviant acts.
Ruigrok, N., van Atteveldt, W., Gagestein, S., & Jacobi, C. (2017). Media and juvenile
delinquency: A study into the relationship between journalists, politics, and
public. Journalism, 18(7), 907-925.
This article studies the media coverage of that of youth crime and investigated the
relationship between that of journalists and their sources. It discusses about the effect on
public in relation to that of fear of crime. According to this article, overrepresentation of that
of the youth crime within the news coverage influences the youth who involve themselves in
delinquent behaviour. The media focuses on the powerful sources that lay emphasis on the
factor of repressive framing. The media groups create fear in relation to crime within the
society and that repressive measures can help in eliminating juvenile delinquency in the

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society. This article says that crime related fear occurs on account of news coverage. The
journalists along with that of the politicians can take steps to be more responsible that can
curb the incidence of violence in the society. This source is relevant as it shows how the
repressive measures can add to the delinquent behaviour of the teenagers.
Siegel, L. J., & Welsh, B. C. (2014). Juvenile delinquency: Theory, practice, and law.
Cengage Learning.
This article says that a large number of youth are engaged in status offences and
illegal acts like underage sex have become common in the present era of technology. The
juvenile court intervenes with the kids who have been caught in some kind of routine teenage
behaviour. According to this article these criminal youths can be reformed with the help of
loving hand of the parent figure. This article highlights on the difference between status
offender and that of delinquents. The status offenders can have prior arrest in relation to the
delinquent acts and there were many delinquents who showed the behaviour of a status
offender. This article throws light on the fact that episodic news focussed on that of the actual
incident and did not mention the context. According to this article, thematic news on the
other hand provided the context to that of the events by providing additional information like
that of policy proposals and social developments. This article is relevant as it shows how
underage sex is promoted with the help of technology.
Ferguson, C. J., & Olson, C. K. (2014). Video game violence use among “vulnerable”
populations: The impact of violent games on delinquency and bullying among children
with clinically elevated depression or attention deficit symptoms. Journal of youth and
adolescence, 43(1), 127-136.
This article says that juvenile delinquency can prove to be difficult to measure and
that juvenile delinquency shares relationship with of institutions like family and media.

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Violent playing of video games is co-related with that of aggression. According to this article,
anti-social behaviour within the realm of juvenile justice sample is to a large extent unknown.
This article was based on data from that of the sample of institutionalized juvenile delinquent.
It was found that violent playing of video game was associated with that of composite
measure in relation to delinquency. It was found that violent playing of video games are
associated with the factor of anti sociality even within the ambit of clinical sample. These
effects can help in withstanding robust influence of that of multiple correlates in relation to
juvenile delinquency. This article states that excessive playing of the video games can instil
an aggressive instinct in an individual and this kind of aggression passes onto their real life. It
paves the path for juvenile delinquency. These article shows the violent playing of the video
game can instill aggressive instincts in an individual.
Aslam, S. (2015). Bollywood Movies: A Contributing Factor towards Juvenile
Delinquency. International Journal of Research, 2(3), 503-517.
According to this article, media can excite violence in an individual in different
manners. The movies that have violent acts can excite the spectators and it produces
aggressive energy in the everyday life of an individual. It can push an individual to engage
themselves in physical activity on that of the streets. Television often portrays the violence
taking place in daily life that are committed by the parents and the peers. Imposing penalties
on the occasion of failing to study or in relation to violation of the rules are often depicted on
the television. This article states that viewer approval in relation to this kind of programming
ensures the perpetuation of these kind of shows. Television results in a shift of that of the
human values and leads the children to perceive of violence as being desirable. This article is
important as it shows that violence is seen as a courageous method that can establish justice.

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Goodkind, S., Wallace, J. M., Shook, J. J., Bachman, J., & O'Malley, P. (2009). Are girls
really becoming more delinquent? Testing the gender convergence hypothesis by race
and ethnicity, 1976–2005. Children and youth services review, 31(8), 885-895.
This article states that historically it is found that the girls are less delinquent as
compared to that of the boys. The way girls are portrayed in that of the popular media
suggests that the delinquency in relation to the girls are becoming similar to that of the boys.
Evidence has show that girls in the present age are developing a compulsive internet habit.
According to this article, the girls are developing compulsive internet habit and they replace
that of real-life social interaction with that of online chat room. Royal Institution has said that
the social net-working sites like that of Face book along with Twitter are changing the brains
of children and making them more self-centered. Anonymity in relation to the social
networking sites are employed by the unscrupulous people in order to target the young teens.
This article shows how the development of compulsive internet habit can lead to delinwuent
acts.
Ter Bogt, T. F., Keijsers, L., & Meeus, W. H. (2013). Early adolescent music preferences
and minor delinquency. Pediatrics, 131(2), e380-e389.
According to this article, the early adolescents who prefer non mainstream popular
music have a tendency of becoming delinquents in the later phase of their life. The teens who
listened to punk and heavy metal showed traces of minor delinquency concurrently. This
article states that most of the pop stars consume drug and alcohol and the teens become
inspired after seeing their popular singer. Preferring that of conventional pop was found to be
negatively related to that of minor delinquency. The choice of that of music strongly
highlights the emergence of later problem behaviour. It is the sound of music that attracts the
youth. The lyrics of the songs provide gratification to the teenaged boys and girls. The anti-

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social themes that are present in the rap lyrics often inspire the youth to commit crimes and
show deviant behaviour. This source is important as it shows how being inspired by the pop
stars can force the children to delinquent acts.
Ellison, N. B., & Boyd, D. M. (2013). Sociality through social network sites. In The
Oxford handbook of internet studies.
According to this article, the teenagers become indulged in the computer games so
that they can cheat other people for that of personal gain. They take recourse to social net
working so that pursue the man or the woman whom they admire. Teens have a tendency of
becoming target of that of the paedophiles. The predators pose to be like teens and entice
children into that of the harmful real world. The social networking sites have that of privacy
controls but teenagers hardly make use of them. Active monitoring of the profiles can help in
catching the predators. This source is of crucial importance because it shows how the
teenagers become target of that of the paedophiles.
Patton, D. U., Eschmann, R. D., & Butler, D. A. (2013). Internet banging: New trends in
social media, gang violence, masculinity and hip hop. Computers in Human
Behavior, 29(5), A54-A59.
This article states that there are many video games that can help in satisfaction of the
basic psychological needs. Players play because they get rewards. They often get money in
return and they make use of the money in order to pursue the deviant acts. This article states
that there are many children who become target of that of the internet blackmailer. There are
many teenagers who make use of web cam and film themselves. These pictures are often
leaked on the social media platform and the teenagers are blackmailed by saying that the
pictures will be sent to that of their families. These source is important how the leaking of
pictures make the teenagers to be black mailed.

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Brake, D. R. (2014). Sharing our lives online: Risks and exposure in social media.
Springer.
This article states that social media compels the viewers to compare the lives with that
of other people. Social media for the teenagers becomes kind of a show where the teenagers
can reveal about their life. Social media helps in nurturing embellishment and the teenagers
develop a habit of creating fantasy instead of embracing that of the true self. It can stunt the
maturity of the teenagers and force them to involve themselves in delinquent behaviour.
Social media provides a wider audience to that of the teenagers and they often find
themselves to be victims of the popular platform. These source is important as it shows how
developing fantasy can force the children to involve themselves in delinquent acts.

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Bibliography
Aslam, S. (2015). Bollywood Movies: A Contributing Factor towards Juvenile
Delinquency. International Journal of Research, 2(3), 503-517.
Berns, N. S. (2017). Framing the victim: Domestic violence, media, and social problems.
Routledge.
Brake, D. R. (2014). Sharing our lives online: Risks and exposure in social media. Springer
Ellison, N. B., & Boyd, D. M. (2013). Sociality through social network sites. In The Oxford
handbook of internet studies.
Ferguson, C. J., & Olson, C. K. (2014). Video game violence use among “vulnerable”
populations: The impact of violent games on delinquency and bullying among children with
clinically elevated depression or attention deficit symptoms. Journal of youth and
adolescence, 43(1), 127-136.
Goodkind, S., Wallace, J. M., Shook, J. J., Bachman, J., & O'Malley, P. (2009). Are girls
really becoming more delinquent? Testing the gender convergence hypothesis by race and
ethnicity, 1976–2005. Children and youth services review, 31(8), 885-895.
Patton, D. U., Eschmann, R. D., & Butler, D. A. (2013). Internet banging: New trends in
social media, gang violence, masculinity and hip hop. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(5),
A54-A59.
Ruigrok, N., van Atteveldt, W., Gagestein, S., & Jacobi, C. (2017). Media and juvenile
delinquency: A study into the relationship between journalists, politics, and
public. Journalism, 18(7), 907-925.

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Siegel, L. J., & Welsh, B. C. (2014). Juvenile delinquency: Theory, practice, and law.
Cengage Learning.
Ter Bogt, T. F., Keijsers, L., & Meeus, W. H. (2013). Early adolescent music preferences and
minor delinquency. Pediatrics, 131(2), e380-e389.