The representation of the children who are the subjects to the crime on the printed media

Child is a part of the biological process; Childhood is a constructional concept which is formed from the interaction of the biological process and the sociocultural structure. For defining children as a social group, the socio-cultural, psychological, economical, political structure must need childhood and must have childhood perception. Juvenile delinquency is due to biopsychosocial factors of human being. The children who are led to the criminal behaviours feel themselves away from the social life or move away from it really. When they face the negative conditions of the criminal justice system, they will move away from the social life and be damaged further. This thesis named as "The Representation Of The Children Who Are The Subjects To The Crime On The Printed Media" researches the representation of the children who are led to the criminal behaviours and the changes of the representation in time. It investigates the types, the changes of the criminal behaviours and the biological, psychological, cultural, sociological, economical, political factors that make children lead to the crime. The main subject is the structural criticism of the representation methods which are implemented by the media. So, the news are researched with the representation study that involves the process of 1980-2015 in Turkey. After the archival research, total 600 data were reached and these datas were analized by Frequency Analysis and Comparative Analysis. By using Hürriyet newspaper and content analysis method, it tries to reach the relation with children and crime, the transformations of the representation of them.