Juvenile delinquency is an exciting course of study.
It is exciting because we all are familiar with delinquent behavior. As adolescents, most of us violated the law in some way. Some of us, especially in the company of peers, committed rather serious delinquent acts. It is exciting because youth crime represents a threat to the social order. Indeed, from Socrates and Aristotle to the present, we are told that youth crime represents a major pain to a decent and sober society.