Crime at any age and in any form is a social problem and should be stopped or contained at all costs. The crime committed at a young age is on the one hand a crime against property and life, on the other a crime against humanity. This is a much more serious social danger which carries within itself the seed of an evident social disaster. Criminologists have different opinions regarding the roots of juvenile crime and this often leads to a rather controversial discussion. Regardless of these theoretical head-on collisions, the presence of socioeconomic factors behind every juvenile crime committed is almost accepted by everyone. No one is a born criminal and it is evident that the surrounding socioeconomic environment acts as an important element and a catalyst in turning a boy or girl into a criminal who might break into someone's house or threaten someone at gunpoint. In the following paragraphs, a detailed analysis has been carried out to explore the different avenues through which these socioeconomic factors contribute to today's delinquent youth. Before going into details, it is worth remembering that the following analysis would be based on a set of socio-economic indicators which is made up of; family, socioeconomic class, and factors that also include community factors, educational background, urbanization, media, and peer influence. Family: Young age is the most influential period of human life and family plays the most critical role in this stage. A family with a healthy atmosphere cultivates socially acceptable norms in children which ultimately help them become responsible, respectable and moral beings. In stark contrast, a family that is subjected to an unhealthy environment and does not provide paper... for the absorption of these young people into our society like any other normal child of ours. Remember the old adage, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Works CitedJuvenile Delinquency: Theories of Causality, Sage Pub, 2005: http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/4880_Martin_Chapter_3_Juvenile_Delinquency.pdfChapter 7. Juvenile Delinquency.pdf, World Youth Report, United Nations, 2003. http:/ /www.un.org/esa/socdev/unyin/documents/ch07.pdfShader, Michael. Risk Factors for Delinquency: An Overview, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/frd030127.pdfTheories of Social Structure, n.d.: http://cstl-hhs.semo.edu/cveneziano/STRUC.pptZarka, Heather, Sociological Theories of Crime, Associated Content , 2007. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/227143/sociological_theories_of_crime.html