Professional Academic Guide: Youth Crime Dissertation Ideas

Writing about youth crime can be an eye-opening and enlightening experience. It can bring attention to things that you never thought about before, or maybe you have, and that's why you chose this topic for your dissertation. So now you know where you're headed; you just need the right idea to get you there.

You should go with an idea that inspires you. You want your readers to be able to connect with your topic as much as you do. Your knowledge and interest in the project should transfer to your readers. It's your job to make them want to read more, or even be interested enough to research your subject themselves.

Here are some dissertation ideas regarding youth crime. Feel free to use them, or let them inspire you to come up with your topic.

• Does the media influence juvenile crimes? Do certain movies, video games or music lyrics promote violence?
• Should juvenile offenders be tried as adults? If they commit crimes before they're of legal age, does that mean they're irredeemable?
• Do juvenile corrections facilities really rehabilitate juvenile offenders or does it teach them to be hardened criminals?
• Is sending underage offenders to a corrections facility or even prison the only way to rehabilitate them, or is there a better way?
• How does a family environment affect juvenile delinquency? Does family histories of juvenile offenses play a part?
• Are foster children more likely to act out? Do they have a disadvantage?
• Are children born to teen mothers more or less likely to become juvenile offenders? Do children who are absent father figures more likely to get into trouble?
• What percentage of juvenile offenders are rehabilitated? Does having a criminal record set them up for the failure of having certain professions? Does sentencing them do more harm than good?
• Do young people commit crimes because it's something they have been taught, or are they asking for attention?
• Do people (or does society) become bias toward juvenile offenders? How does that affect the children?
• What are indicators to recognizing the start of delinquent behavior? How can we prevent young people from becoming offenders?
• Do male juvenile offenders receive a harsher sentence than female juvenile offenders who commit the same or similar crimes?
• Does underage drinking and drug use have some role in why young people commit crimes?