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Many theories concerning the causes of juvenile delinquency ( crimes committed by young people ) focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence.Theories centering on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior because they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through interaction with others. Theories focusing on the role of society suggest that children commit crimes in response to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status ,or as a rejection of middle-class values.

单词	中文意思
concerning	关于，涉及
contributing	促成，导致
centering on	以…为中心
engage	参与，从事
penalized	受罚
misdeeds	不良行为
failure	失败
socioeconomic status	社会经济地位
juvenild	少年的
delinquency	犯罪
center	把……放在中央
penalize	处罚
misdeed	错误行为
failure	未做
mid-class	中产阶级
rise above	克服
value	价值观
either……or……	或者……或者……
suggest that	认为……
sufficiently	足够的

这段英文的大意是，关于青少年犯罪的原因，存在两种理论，一种是认为犯罪行为是因为个体（即青少年本身）的原因，如之前不受惩罚的不良行为和通过与他人交往学习犯罪行为；另一种理论则认为犯罪行为是由社会原因所导致的，如社会经济地位的影响和对中产阶级价值观的拒绝。