Response to prompt of 12/2

Unfortunately most of the factors that contribute to juvenile delinquency are beyond easy control or regulation.  One would hope that educating parents and providing a better model for them to follow would be sufficient but that is clearly not the case.  Many parents provide little to no care or attention to their children and I believe it is beyond our ability to educate those parents.  The neglectful parents are unlikely to change their ways based upon someone else's opinion.  So for the most part parents aren't going to be influenced by education or infomercials.

Peer factors are even more difficult to enhance or control and I'm not even going to offer an idea on how that could be affected.  Peer interactions are quite simply beyond me.

I think there is possibly some hope for the individual factors.  We can certainly offer remedial classes or more education if the student is struggling with low verbal intelligence.  Low attention can be addressed through counseling or, in extreme cases, medication.  Low self control is a little more ticklish to address but, here's the tough part, with a quality home life and support from the parents that's addressable as well.  However see my remarks above about below average parenting.

Low SES falls into the same category as parents in my opinion.  The parents themselves have to bootstrap themselves up into a higher SES.  No government handout program is going to take care of that issue.  In the end I don't have the answers to juvenile delinquency.  There are many many factors that influence delinquency and the approach to each individual must be tailored to their needs.  A massive undertaking for each individual begs the question of whether or not it is worth it...