少年偏差行為之影響

What happens after adolescents exhibit delinquent behaviors?

少年偏差行為一直是個嚴重且受社會重視的議題。許多的理論及研究聚焦在偏差行為發生之原因，顯示偏差行為之發生會受到多種因素之影響，包括：家庭因素、社區因素、學校因素、同儕因素及失業等。然而，對於少年產生偏差行為之後’對於上述因素之影響卻相對缺乏探討。本文章之目的即透過文獻探討，瞭解少年偏差行為可能產生之影響為何。結果顯示，少年的偏差行為會給周遭人及環境帶來困擾及產生負面反應，而這些負面反應則可能進一步地促使少年參與更多的偏差行為。本文所探討的議題尤其對父母及教育工作者而言是相當重要的。少年偏差行為是一個持續發展的過程。偏差行為不是一個結果，而可能是一連串惡性循環之開端。希冀透過本文之探討，可以讓父母及教育工作者對於少年偏差行為有更全面之瞭解。因為要對少年偏差行為提出更為有效的防治策略，知道少年偏差行為產生之原因及後續效應是同等重要的。

Delinquency is a widely concerned issue around the world. Theories and studies have focused on the etiology of delinquency. It is shown that delinquency is a complicated problem behavior embedded in a network with many different factors contributing to its occurrence and development, such as family-relevant factors, disadvantaged neighborhood, attachment and commitment to school, association with delinquent peers, and unemployment, etc. However, once the adolescents exhibit delinquent behaviors, what happens to these factors is relatively lack of concern. The purpose of this article is to discuss the effects of delinquency on family, school, peer relationships, and adolescents themselves through reviewing the existing literature. Generally speaking, the aversive and repugnant nature of delinquency tends to arouse disturbances to people and environment around the youth. Consequently, the responses from those people and environment are very likely to foster adolescents, involvement in subsequent delinquency. This issue is very important to parents and educational practitioners. Delinquency is in a developmental process. It is not the end, but it could be a start of a vicious circle. Through the review of this article, it is anticipated that, when facing youth’s delinquency, parents and teachers can have a more comprehensive understanding of such deviant behaviors. Knowing the causes and consequences of delinquency is a key element to form better and more efficient strategies of prevention and intervention.