Common descriptions that individuals would use to describe the United States, would be freedom, democracy, and capitalism, but now the most popular description to describe America is violence and crime. A huge portion of the future children of America have been indulged with the interest of crime and violence. What can we do to stop children and juveniles from becoming violent or delinquents, in order to put a stop to it; we must diminish the population of juvenile delinquency. Reducing Juvenile delinquency would help the United States in winning the battle against violence and crime. Parent's have a strong influence in determining wither their children become juvenile delinquents. .
In order to end juvenile delinquency society as a whole must recognize and understand the cause of the problem. Parents influence adolescents tremendously, especially when dealing with the issue of substance use among juveniles, as it has been found to have a closer correlation to violence and delinquency (Barnes, Hoffman, & Welte, 2002;; Winters, 1998). Although at times there might not be a straight link between parental influence and delinquency, there is a link between parents, substance use, and future delinquent acts by adolescents. .
Since substance abuse is a cause that leads to a path of delinquency, society has to take this problem more serious for it offers potential risks. Alcohol is a form of substance abuse that can lead to a juvenile into violent/delinquent activities. Their might be a correlation between alcohol consumption in juveniles and future delinquency. In adolescence, alcohol use is illegal, and alcohol use by adolescents may reflect some willingness to break the law. Research by Welte, Wieczorek, and Zhang (2001) supports that consumption of alcohol by adolescent males has a positive correlation towards violent offenses, displaying hostility, and displaying deviant attitudes.