“Juvenile delinquency can be defined by numerous definitions implying a wide variety of law-and-norm violating behavior. According to Bartol (1999), juvenile delinquency is defined as “behavior against the criminal code committed by an individual who has not yet reached adulthood”(p. 25). Some states include the definition of juvenile delinquency to include status offenses, that are only applicable to juveniles (persons under the age of 18) and do not involve behavior against the criminal code. Some of these behaviors would include: running away, liquor law violations, and curfew law violations. Additionally, social definitions of juvenile delinquency include aggressive behavior, cruelty to animals, fire setting, dishonesty, truancy, larceny, vandalism, and substance abuse, behaviors that possibly have not come to the attention of law enforcement (Bartol, 1999).”