F. Definition of Terms
1. The gang is a friendship group of adolescents who share common interest,
with a more or less clearly defined territory, in which most of the members live. They are committed to defending one another, the territory, and the
gang name in the status-setting fights that occur in school and on the streets.
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2. Delinquency is any act, course or conduct, or situation which may be
brought before court and adjudicated whether in fact it comes to be treated there or by some other resource or indeed remains untreated.
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3. Juvenile delinquency is adolescent who conducts bad behavior that in
adults would be judged criminal under law. And according to John W. Santrock, the term Juvenile delinquency refers to a broad range of
behaviors, from socially unacceptable behavior such as acting out in school to status offenses such as running away to criminal acts such as
burglary.
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4. Role is the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a
person or group; the function of a teacher; the government must do its part; play its role.
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5. High School is a school that is intermediate in level between elementary
school and college and that usually offers general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory curricula and includes grades 9 or 10 through 12.
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6. Juvenile delinquent is a person who is under age usually below 18, who
is found to have committed a crime in states which have declared by law
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Joan Moore, “Gangs and the Underclass: A comparative Perspective,” in People and Folks: Gangs, Crime and the Underclass in a rustbelt City,
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nd
Edition Chicago: Lake View Press, 1998, p. 5.
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Robert M. Degoli and John D. Hewitt, Delinquency in Society, New York: The McGraw- Hill Companies, 2006, Sixth Edition, p. 25.
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John W. Santrock, Adolescence, New York: McGraw Hill, 2005, Tenth Edition, p. 522.
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Cambridge Advance
learner’s
Dictionary, New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009, Third Edition, p. 1.237.
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Department of Public Instruction, Clarifying Information for the Definition of a School, Madison:
dpistatsdpi.wi.gov , 5132010.
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6 that a minor lacks responsibility and thus may not be sentenced as an
adult.
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7. School is an administrative unit dedicated to and designed to impart skills
and knowledge to students and organized to efficiently deliver sequential instruction from one or more teachers.
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8. Society is the manner or condition in which the members of a community
live together for their mutual benefit. By extension, society denotes the people of a region or country, sometimes even the world, taken as a
whole.
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9. Adolescence is the period of time in a persons’ life when they are
developing into an adult.
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Nancy J. Cobb, Adolescence; Continuity, Change, and Diversity, California: Mayfield Publishing Company, 2001, Fourth Edition, p. 508.
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Department of Public Instruction, Clarifying Information for the Definition of a School, Madison:
dpistatsdpi.wi.gov , 5132010.
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Daniel E. Hebding, and Leonardo Glick, Introduction to Sociology; A Text with Readings, New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1996, Fifth Edition, p. 57.
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Cambridge Advance
learner’s
Dictionary …… , p. 19.
Chapter II Theoretical Framework
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