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Create a 8 pages page paper that discusses the problem of juvenile delinquency and changes in middle class attitudes and practices in the nineteenth century. &nbsp.Seeking to address the issues associated with juvenile delinquency in the 19th century with respect to how juvenile delinquent behavior was understood with reference to the norms and expectations of the era, the following hopes to provide a thorough and concise analysis of perceptions of juvenile delinquency before, as well as after, the 19th century. This essay will ask, to what extent was the problem of ‘juvenile delinquency’ less of a real crime problem and more a reflection of changes in middle-class attitudes and practices in the nineteenth century? To begin, this essay turns to an analysis of the models of criminality and delinquency which influenced both society and jurisprudence during the early half of the 19th century. The overriding influence of psychiatry during this era as well as ideas about the criminal mind significantly influenced the treatment of juvenile delinquents prior to the reforms of the 19th century. Following this, we turn to an overview of antecedents to reform in the United Kingdom and the fundamental changes undertaken during this period. We then explore the changes with respect to the United States and conclude with an overview of the issues discussed in this analysis of juvenile delinquency and the reform movement during the middle half of the 19th century (Lawrence, 2007. Rouček, 1958).

What are the different models for crime during the early part of the 19th century? During this period there were a variety of models of the causes of criminal behavior as well as delinquency. these models were applicable to both young offenders as well as adults. Accordingly, in 1835 a psychiatrist by the name of Prichard introduced the concept of “moral insanity” and this referred to deviations from normative behavior and was inherently hinged upon the notion that&nbsp.crime represents a moral affront to wider society and that there was a psychiatric basis to criminal behavior.&nbsp.