Risk perception about their Transgression among Juvenily First offenders

Abstract

How intenisvely youthful offenders think about anticipated legal control, e.g., being discovered by someone, being arrested, and being given a measure (formal or informal) in the juvenile justice, before they were involved in a delinquent act? 2712 juvenile first offenders were asked to recall and answer about thier awareness of those legal control at the police station.

According to thier response to a questionare, 36, 52 and 66 percent of then had no awareness of the perception about being discovered, being arrested and being given a mesure respectively. It was also noticed that 42 and 27 percent anticipated the possibility of being discovered and being arrested respectively. The results were further analysed in terms of kinds of an offenes, other crimes unrecorded previously, group or individual delinquency and a psychological state of offense. The spread of an intensive awareness about the legal contol among youth would increase a prospect of deterrence.