important to know the reasoning behind why they chose to commit the crime. Were there underlying issues such as poor parenting, neighborhood disadvantages, peer pressure etc. If theyhave committed that crime as a juvenile what are the odds of offending again as an adult. Though, when children reach adulthood without serious delinquent behavior it’s uncommon for them to be criminals as an adult. Serious juvenile delinquent adolescentstend to have higher and various levels of risk factors. Furthermore, these different levels of risk factors and outcomes tend to be more prominent during the developmental stages of adolescence than at others. More research is needed that attem:•To identify what causes delinquent behavior among adolescents.•To identify what can be done to reduce such behavior in the world