Abstract
There are many factors that make “illegal migration” become one of the greatest problems of the contemporary world. The most significant ones of these factors are economic inequality, states’ incompetence in securing their peoples’ lives, political turmoils and acts of violence. No matter they are the source or target countries, all nations are in search of possible national and multinational solutions against the issue of illegal migration, illegal immigrant and refugee that chronically deliver great deal of problems. In conjunction with illegal immigration, another problematic phonemenon is revelaed: Foreign juvenile delinquency. Both illegally entered a country and involved in criminality, foreign juvenile delinquency is like a double edged dagger stabbed in the very heart of metropolitan areas. In this regard, foreign juvenile delinquency can be defined as a social problem which is affected by large-scale social events and trans- formations such as economic crisis, wars and political conflicts. The aim of this study is to introduce a general profile of the foreign juveniles that entered Turkey either legally or illegally and committed a crime and arrested by law enforcers in Istanbul. Files of 1130 juveniles who committed judicial or administrative crimes are compiled and examined from 2007 to the first four months of 2009.
Highlights
With regard to social patterns of rapidly changing societies, one of the most significant topics that are frequently discussed is crime and delinquency
Martinez & Lee (2000: p. 486), on the other hand, argue that there are several theoretical perspectives given above that make us believe that migrants much more tend to commit crimes, recent researches indicate that the rate of migrant delinquency is much less than it is thought to be (Bui, 2009; Dinovitzer & Hagan, 2009; Hagan & Palloni, 1998; Martinez & Lee, 2000; Sampson et al, 2005)
This study investigates a total of 1130 foreign juveniles who have been arrested because of judicial or administrative crimes in Istanbul during the period of 2007-2008 and the first four months of 2009
Summary
With regard to social patterns of rapidly changing societies, one of the most significant topics that are frequently discussed is crime and delinquency. Communication, transportation, urbanization and migration have become basic factors leading to an increase in the rate of crime. Some types of crime appear to make societies more restless. Wealth and social order are subject to significant threats. A person who committed a crime, whether a juvenile or an adult, may lead to the existence of many aggrieved. It can not be denied that impacts and distortions in a society resulting from juvenile delinquency would be deeper. Given that youngsters are the future adults of a society, the results of juvenile delinquency must be more comprehensively examined
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