Three characteristics of juvenile delinquency

Juvenile delinquency is a global and heavy topic, which is on the rise in recent years. The total amount of juvenile crimes and the total amount of illegal crimes in the whole society have developed simultaneously, showing wave-like ups and downs and rising steadily. Minors are the future and hope of the motherland, and their healthy growth is related to the future and destiny of the country. So what are the characteristics of juvenile delinquency? Let me tidy it up for you.

(1) The age of crime tends to be younger.

With the improvement of living standards of citizens in China, the physical development of minors is getting faster and faster. However, the psychological development of minors is not completely synchronized with their physiological development, which leads to the contradiction between physiological "precocity" and psychological "relatively late maturity", and the influence of bad culture and many other reasons, which leads to the trend of juvenile delinquency is particularly prominent. Judging from their distribution age, generally speaking, 10- 12 years old began to have bad records, 13- 14 years old embarked on the road of illegal crimes, 17 years old became the peak age of illegal crimes, and 18 years later became the main force of illegal crimes. In previous years, the average age of juvenile delinquency was 17 years old, but now the age of juvenile delinquency is only 18 years old. A large number of materials show that the number of minors in the 14- 16 age group has increased significantly, and the illegal and criminal activities of minors in the 14- 16 age group are increasingly rampant except for eight serious criminal offences, such as theft, robbery, extortion, minor injuries and trouble-making. ,/kloc-minors under 0/4 commit crimes.

It has been confirmed from relevant parties that the age of juvenile first offenders is about 14 years old. For minors in our country, this age is in the stage of receiving secondary education. In the eyes of adults, they are inexperienced children In the eyes of preschool children, they have become "quasi-adults". In their own minds, they feel that they have a good understanding of society and formed a sense of yearning for independent life. According to relevant data, many children made mistakes when they were young (for example, CCTV's "Chat" column reported the "Dragon Teeth" program of Qingdao Fisheries Museum, which is a typical example). If parents can find it in time or children can correct it in time, there will be no more illegal and criminal acts when they grow up. But if parents can't find out in time and let their children develop at will, it is likely to harm society in the future. Many juvenile crimes are developed from childhood trifles.

(2) Minors who commit crimes have a low educational level.

The education level of minors in juvenile delinquency is generally low. 14- 18 minors have poor self-control and judgment, but they have too high self-identification. They should have received a systematic education at school so that they can grow up healthily, but they left school prematurely and entered the society for various reasons. Because they have not yet established a mature world outlook and outlook on life, and there is no clear standard of right and wrong. Minors are under the age of 18, with incomplete physical and mental development, poor self-control, lack of moral and legal concepts, love excitement, pursuit of pleasure, rebellion and revenge, and strong imitation and suggestibility. A slight setback will lead to different degrees of mental illness, and it is easy to embark on the road of illegal crimes.

Most of the minors who commit crimes are primary school students or junior high school students. Due to the lack of cultural knowledge, minors directly lack the ability to identify or resist adverse external influences. In a sense, culture is the barrier of crime, and ignorance is the inducement of crime. According to relevant statistics, 80% of juvenile criminals who have been concluded have primary and junior high school education, and the remaining 20% have only secondary and technical school education. It can be said that unintentional learning and low cultural quality are common situations of juvenile delinquency.

(3) The criminal means are becoming more and more adult.

Numerous cases of juvenile delinquency show that some minors, although only 14- 15 years old, have wandered around the society for several years, learned or taught themselves a set of criminal experience and group management methods, and even organized and directed many people in an orderly manner. Because minors have a strong imitative and active nature, they pay attention to the stories of police and robbers who are full of film and television screens and books. From hearing and imitating, the "experience" of adult group crime is integrated into their own criminal practice, so that their criminal forms show an adult trend. Although this trend has just appeared, it cannot be ignored.

Juvenile delinquency begins with petty theft, and gradually becomes bolder and bolder, and the amount of crime is increasing. In some cases, when some minors commit crimes together with adults, the courage of minors is even greater, especially when some adults have been dealt with by judicial organs, and minors collude with them to commit crimes without considering the consequences. For example, in the theft and robbery cases of Xu Zhanmou, Xu Yongmou and Mou Lin, Xu Zhanmou was a minor when he committed the crime. Xu Yongmou was sentenced to six years in prison by the court, and Lin was reeducated through labor by the public security organs for one year. After the three defendants met in the game room, they lived in the same room. Because Xu Zhanmou, a juvenile criminal, had bad friends and no job, the three defendants planned to steal motorcycles many times and robbed them in the process of theft. The three defendants played basically the same role in the same crime, which constituted the crime of theft and robbery and were convicted according to law.

(four), the criminal motive is simple, pay attention to friends and reckless.

Minors have little knowledge, shallow experience, weak self-control, strong curiosity, easy to be influenced and interfered by the external environment, often do things inconsiderately, and the generation of criminal consciousness is very random. Generally, they have no purpose before committing a crime, often because they blindly worship the so-called heroes, try to be brave and gain profits, be loyal to their friends, and do anything for their friends, thus embarking on the road of crime. There are also some juvenile criminals who blindly imitate the bad behavior of some low-quality adults and commit crimes. Some juvenile offenders have no criminal record and have no clear criminal motive before committing crimes. These juvenile offenders have a strong desire for self-expression and impulsive drive. Every time they commit a crime, it is often suggested by one person, and everyone responds, regardless of the consequences, and lacks consideration for their own behavior. Generally, it is induced by some accidental events and stimulated by specific situations, which leads to criminal intent, regardless of the consequences, and embarked on the road of crime. When the Shinan District People's Court of Qingdao investigated "What kind of people do you think are your real friends" and "What kind of people do you admire and admire most", more than 50% of juvenile offenders filled out the handout. Investigating "What do you think of this crime?" 90% of juvenile offenders filled in "I just want to achieve my goal, regardless of the consequences." Only from the above two surveys, we can explain the psychology of juvenile delinquency from one angle.

(5) The proportion of gang crimes remains high.

With the general enhancement of social consciousness and the continuous progress of preventive technical means, the traditional criminal means of single-handedly seems inadequate. Minors are mentally immature, physically weak and timid. The motive of obtaining illegal interests urges minors to attract each other, unite and complement each other, and often many people get together to commit crimes, forming criminal gangs or even criminal groups. Once they form a gang, the violence and harmfulness of crime will increase. These criminal gangs are well-organized, with stable structure, unified activities, strong concealment, strict internal discipline and clear division of labor among members. When committing crimes, they nest together or in groups of three or five, cross each other and infect each other, showing the nature of the underworld. For example, in the theft case of seven deaf-mute people, including Yan Moumou, Zhao Moumou and Wang Mou, these seven defendants came to Qingdao from Jilin and Guizhou respectively. In the joint crime of * * * *, the criminal purpose was clear, and a criminal group with Yan Moumou as the chief element, Zhao Moumou as the backbone, stable members and tight organization was formed. Some people observed the location of the theft in advance, some stole it, some kept it, and some sold it.

(6) The tendency of violent crimes is getting more and more serious.

Regardless of the negative influence of society, film and television works and online media exaggerate bloody violence, and many minors suffer greatly. They use force at will, are bold and reckless, and carry crime tools with them. Extremely aggressive violent crimes, such as theft and robbery, account for more than 80% of juvenile crimes. Juvenile delinquency is basically "aggressive" and "greedy for enjoyment", with different degrees of violence. Juvenile delinquency has developed from petty theft and fighting to multi-person theft and robbery, which is very harmful to society.

(7) The number of juvenile internet-related crimes has increased.

With the development of science and technology, culture and education, the development of information technology and the rapid popularization of scientific and technological means, juvenile cyber crime has become a new criminal situation in the world today. At present, juvenile cyber crime is becoming more and more serious. According to relevant data, 70% of juvenile criminal cases are influenced by online pornography and violence.

(8) The crime rate of teenage girls has risen sharply.

In recent years, in many countries, the number of crimes committed by underage women has increased significantly. In China, although male crimes still account for the main part of criminal members, female crimes have increased greatly since the 1990s. In recent years, China has reached 90∶ 10, and individual cities have reached 85∶ 15. These have to attract the attention of the whole society. In terms of types, juvenile female crimes are mainly sexual crimes, murder, fraud, human trafficking and so on. In addition, female crime has also become a new trend, such as stealing and robbing in partnership with men, and women robbing in their own gangs. Judging from the criminal process, many female crimes have gone through the process of "from victim to offender".

Most of these girls have low education level, or have dropped out of school and are unemployed, or live in special families (parents divorced or died), and have not received good education and good supervision. Many underage women have poor moral quality, frivolous attitude towards life, lust for pleasure, strong vanity, poor legal knowledge and weak discrimination, and often fall into the mire of crime for a little kindness. Once they step into illegal crimes, it is difficult for them to extricate themselves and repent, often giving up on themselves and being shameless, and it will also corrode and lead others astray or become the inducement of other crimes.