Juvenile delinquency is the term for any sort of illegal acts that are performed by young, usually adolescent teens. Most of the legal systems in the United States have special procedures that are used whenever a juvenile does wrong. Juvenile detention centers are one such measure used as a way to deal with juveniles. Crimes of youth can cause the citizens of this country to believe that the social values and interest have become threatened. Juvenile delinquency is also a cause of social tension as people began to worry about the amounts of law and order and of morality that are left in the United States. Those juveniles aged 15 and 25 years old commit most crime, inexplicably. Juvenile delinquents are the ones who commit crimes over and over.