There are various theories developed over more than a century that would explain delinquent behavior among juveniles. They focus on different factors, including internal or external factors that influence an individual. This paper aims to introduce three sociological theories and to discuss one of them to understand why the problem of juvenile delinquency arises, as well as to offer ways how specialists may solve it. Theories of Delinquent Behavior Strain theory is one of the ways to describe how society may push people to engage in criminal activities. It was developed by R. K. Merton in the 1930s by analyzing American culture as it was at the beginning of the XX century (Burfeind & Bartusch, 2016). It implies that people are expected to achieve success but do not always have the means for it, which results in strain. Seeing adults achieving success illegally may push juveniles towards delinquent behavior. The labeling theory also discusses the strong effect of society on the individual’s choices. It was developed in the 1960s by H. Becker and implied that the second and the following cases of offensive behavior occur after a person was formally called delinquent (Shoemaker, 2018). Juveniles, who are usually sensitive to their public image, may develop a deviant personality in response to the labeling practice. The theory of social disorganization builds around the idea of an individual’s surroundings. C. Shaw and H. McKay researched Chicago in the first half of the XX century and connected delinquent behavior with ineffective institutions of social control (Shoemaker, 2018). School and family are extremely important to juveniles regarding their worldview, and the failure of those communities to guide them may result in turning to questionable ideals and morals. Resolving the Issue of Juvenile Delinquency The theory of social disorganization may be one of the ways to explain why juveniles start to cause legal problems. According to the literature, it is a “result of a breakdown of institutional, community-based controls” (Shoemaker, 2018, p. 98). One of the main points of this theory is that the environment causes individuals to act in a certain way. Thus their behavior is a natural response rather than inner deviations. Moreover, social disorganization happens in areas affected by such processes as industrialization and population growth, which allows assuming that it is typical for urban territories. However, studies demonstrate that some elements like ethnic background and family state are also significant in rural places, making the theory partially applicable there (Moore & Sween, 2015). In other words, it is worth analyzing any environment, which plays an important role in the life of juveniles in a researched area to understand the reasons behind their delinquent behavior. There are several characteristics of a community that may become a basis for the development of an area of a delinquent. They include such elements as income rates, ethnic homogeneity, residential mobility, and others. As industrialized cities attract a workforce, they rapidly become overpopulated, and the areas with dense communities of mixed backgrounds appear. In such