Delinquency
in sentence
27 examples of Delinquency in a sentence
This is child psychologist Dr. Fredric Wertham, and in 1954, he wrote a book called "Seduction of the Innocent," where he argues that comic books cause juvenile
delinquency.
Dr. Wertham does a pretty dubious job of proving his case, but his book does inspire the Senate of the United States to hold a series of hearings to see if in fact comic books caused juvenile
delinquency.
America is finally waking up to the fact that comic books do not cause juvenile
delinquency.
If you're looking for an expose on the breakdown of the American educational system and the problem of juvenile delinquency, Wild Rebels is the wrong movie.
To do so would be to contribute to the
delinquency
of a juvenile.
The story concentrates more on perceptions of delinquency, than any traumatic occurrence.
The most affected in this reality is the children usually left orphans, or abandoned by their poor parents have to make it in a "dog eat dog" society many times falling into the gap of delinquency, prostitution and crime.
Basil Deardon has directed a brutally realistic film with an honest attempt to portray the rise of juvenile
delinquency
in post war England (but without the sentimentality of "Blackboard Jungle").
"The Blob" qualifies as a cult sci-fi film not only because it launched 27-year old Steve McQueen on a trajectory to superstardom, but also because it exploited the popular themes both of alien invasion and teenage
delinquency
that were inseparable in the 1950s.
Linaker & Simonson's screenplay synthesized four genres: first, the alien invasion; second, teenage delinquency; third, a murder mystery, and fourth; a horror chiller.
Writer/director Horace Jackson concocts a somewhat clumsy, but well-meaning and insightful social drama that pertinently addresses how severe parental neglect contributes substantially to juvenile
delinquency.
Movies like "Blood Feast", "Two-Thousand Maniacs", "The Gore Gore Girls" and "The Gruesome Twosome" truly represent HG Lewis' repertoire and lifework, whereas "Just for the Hell of it" is merely just a rapidly produced and nonchalantly elaborated story to cash in on the contemporary popular trend of juvenile
delinquency
thrillers.
In regard to substance abuse, Ray pretty much limits himself to a refrigerator full of beer, plus dinner wine and the occasional bottle of whiskey (contributing to the
delinquency
of a minor through promoting under-aged drinking with his 11th-grader surrogate son Dave Tibbel, played by Trevor Morgan), while The Ram seems to keep his life in shambles through over-medicating himself with every drug known to mankind.
The movies, in their urge to be fashionable, too repeatedly give us a false depiction of corrupt youth and juvenile
delinquency
and young romance, especially around the time of this film.
In Europe, conversion is typically confined to underprivileged neighborhoods, populated by young people with no job prospects who generally live in an underground economy of
delinquency.
Given how financially stretched US households are, a good part of this tax rebate may be used to pay down high credit card balances (or other unsecured consumer credit) or to postpone mortgage
delinquency.
In many countries – particularly in Southern Europe – bleak economic circumstances are generating social tension, political apathy, civil unrest, and
delinquency.
But these efforts were conducive to fraud and delinquency, and thus spurred a wave of new financial crises – in Europe in 1992, in Asia in 1997, and in Russia in 1998 – as well as a recession in Europe and the United States in the early 2000’s.
Thus, although
delinquency
rates have risen slightly in Mexico since the mortgage market was created in 2003, only about 5% of mortgages are between 31 and 60 days late.
Likewise, offering early education to children in low-income families leads to higher secondary-school graduation rates, less youth delinquency, and lower rates of long-term offending.
There was
delinquency.
The authorities acquired some of the “toxic” assets, which over time became easier to value, as a few years of data on mortgage
delinquency
rates allowed investors to find ways to measure the risk.
In this scenario, the risks of default and
delinquency
would rise, along with financial insecurity and general instability, all of which would exacerbate the inequality trifecta (income, wealth, and opportunity).
Some families are all too eager to skirt child-marriage laws, whether because of antiquated cultural beliefs – for example, that marriage is vital to keep girls from delinquency, prostitution, or debauchery – or poverty, which makes collecting a dowry, or “bride price,” highly appealing.
'Then the children's illnesses, that continued anxiety; then their education, nasty tendencies,' (she recalled little Masha's
delinquency
among the raspberry canes), 'lessons, Latin...
Mr. Weller's easy manners and conversational powers had such irresistible influence with his new friends, that before the dinner was half over, they were on a footing of perfect intimacy, and in possession of a full account of the
delinquency
of Job Trotter.
The recollection of his wife's last
delinquency
irritated him so much that he again became as cold as he had been at the beginning of the conversation.
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