There are three categories in which I would like to address in the field of Juvenile Justice. First and for most I truly believe that it is human nature or free will that can eventually lead adolescence to delinquent or criminal conduct. Once a teenager makes a conscious decision to reject societal norms, (Leighninger, pg. 332) and regard themselves in a pessimistic manner due to involvement in criminal activity, no one individual, be it parent, counselor, …showed first 75 words of 3065 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3065 total…needed to do. It was getting to a point where allowing myself to listen to others and learn from their experience as well as mine was what was important. I am still just as stubborn as I was at 15, but now the role is reversed and I am hoping to be able to implement my own way of raising my children as well as carrying over the values I was taught as a small child.