Is Delinquency a major factor in youth culture, what theory best explains delinquency?

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Is Delinquency a major factor in youth culture, what theory best explains delinquency?

When discussing delinquency all aspects have to be taken into account, such as gender, ethnicity and class. It is important to also assess the situation of delinquency within the public, how the mass media reacts to it and also how this has a knock on effect onto other people's views of delinquents. With the general subject of delinquents we have to look at how they are structured by gender, ethnicity and class.

Delinquents generally tend to derive from the male sector of the population, Bob Coles writes: "Of those offenders who are identified by the courts or the police, four out of five (80%) are male and almost half (47%) of the offences are committed by those under the age of 21. As far as the police and the courts are concerned, therefore, crime is predominantly an issue to do with young men." This is proven by general statistics provided by the Home Office. There has however been some friction between parties over delinquency being a male dominated topic. With contradicting evidence, some suggesting that delinquency is very male dominated to it being