| Risk factors can be described as scientifically | | | | for youth violence. Some important community level |
| established reasons that have a strong correlation or | | | | risk factors include lack of quality educational and |
| a causal relationship to a problem. Thorough | | | | recreational opportunities, prevalence of drugs and |
| understanding of numerous factors that result in | | | | availability of weapons. |
| juvenile delinquency can help the society in getting | | | | Family level factors -- It is important to have good |
| solutions to deal with this problem. Some of these | | | | communication between parents and children, genuine |
| factors have been listed below. | | | | parental care and adequate elderly supervision and |
| Environmental level factors -- Environment or the | | | | guidance so as to ensure healthy development of a |
| surroundings where a child grows has a phenomenal | | | | child. However, incidences such as child abuse, child |
| role in influencing the behavioral patterns in children. | | | | neglect, family violence, extreme family conflict and |
| Some environmental level factors that have been | | | | hostility, and ineffectual disciplinary practices can have |
| traditionally identified with violent and delinquent | | | | a direct influence on a child's state of mind, resulting |
| behavior include poverty, excessive exposure to | | | | in juvenile delinquency and crime. |
| violence and crime, high rate of unemployment and | | | | Individual factors -- Aggressive behavior has also |
| limited economic opportunities. | | | | been observed in children with certain types of |
| Community level factors -- According to researchers, | | | | neurological, biological and cognitive problems. Some |
| the community has a phenomenal role to play in | | | | of these include restlessness, poor mental ability, low |
| development of children and their smooth transition | | | | IQ and verbal ability, poor performance at the school, |
| from adolescence to teens and then to adulthood. A | | | | increased competition from peers, constricted |
| strong community infrastructure help children and | | | | problem-solving skills, lowered reasoning capabilities, |
| youngsters to develop necessary social skills, increase | | | | low birth weight, anoxia, neurophysiological |
| self-confidence and enhance decision-making powers. | | | | abnormalities and abnormal functioning of steroid |
| Disorganized communities are a potential risk factor | | | | hormones and neurotransmitter systems. |