Teen violence and delinquency is one of the most vexing and enduring trends faced in contemporary society. The pervasiveness of the problems delinquency creates has been answered through institutionalizing an increasingly large number of alienated and rebellious teenagers. Understanding how adolescents experience institutional life is a matter of importance to the adolescents, their care, and to society. Those who work with institutionalized adolescents have much to learn about how they influence the behavior of teenagers in their care. As well, society has not quite grasped how adolescents who are given negative labels such as “delinquent” or “deviant” continues to maintain these identities through their interactions in society. While certain interactions may perpetuate these behaviors, they can also help reverse these tendencies. This essay will first introduce a summary of how an interactionist perspective can be applied to understanding the notions of deviance and delinquency. It...
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Gussak, D. (2011). Art Therapy. In: Levesque, R.J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1695-2_361
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