Juvenile delinquency can evolve around many different factors before becoming a problem for society to solve. Gender and family structure may be an important and underlying cause of why children enter the criminal justice system. By looking at gender and family composition, we could better understand how to treat a person in difficulty. The differences between gender and juvenile delinquency are striking. For starters, women have been proven to have significantly higher emotional IQs than men. Women control their emotions much better than men. Young boys need their mothers' supervision and guidance. Aggression is a trait more evident in men, and combined with the fact that men are less likely than women to worry about fitting into groups that promote independence, this exacerbates an inherent problem. To summarize the behavioral differences between the sexes, one could effectively argue that when males are socially stressed, they will explode aggressively while females will implode in the opposite way. These reactions have been cultivated since the creation of man. Targeting risk factors which include (genetics, parenting, environment) can be helpful in reducing the numbers at which juvenile delinquency is currently reached. The scientific community has few explanations for the gender differences that affect juvenile delinquency. Science looks to the general theory of constraints to draw conclusions. Here is an expert scientific definition, based on G...... middle of article...... Gender5development. In turn, children will learn behavior that will allow them to thrive in a stressful society.ReferencesLederman, C. (2000). Girls in the Juvenile Justice System: What You Need to Know. Retrieved May 23, 2010 from http://www.abanet.org/child/clp/Juvenile%20Justice/Girls%20in%20the%20Juvenile%20Justice%20System.htmLigi, A. (2008). Gender differences in juvenile delinquency cases. Retrieved May 23, 2010, from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/784099/gender_differences_in_juvenile_delinquency.html?cat=7Juvenile Delinquency-Family Structure. (2010) Retrieved May 23, 2010 from http://family.jrank.org /pages/1006/Délinquance-juvénile-Structure-familiale.html