Comparison of self-esteem levels of juvenile delinquent and non-delinquent child

Aim: The researct analyze to compose in to self-esteem levels child driven into crime between not driven into crime.We want created to find significant difference in self-esteem level between child driven into crime between child not driven into crime.The aim of this research to match the self esteem level of child driven into crime between child not driven into crime, This relationship by evaluating, aimed to determine to reason for crime act and new perspectives of juvenile delinguency Material and Method:The sample group the study ;82 child drugged into crime consists 58 child not drugged into crime between age of 12 and 18 to Juvenile Court a to Elazığ Courthouse. 'Personel İnformation Form' and 'Rosenberg Self esteem Scale' used for data. 56 boys and 26 girls child drugged to crime, 21 boys and 37 girls child not drugged crime selected to randomly.The study determined to dependent variable ' self esteem level' and independent variable to 'driven into crime behavior'. The study used to SPSS 23 programs for analyze data. Independent sample T Test and One-Way Anova applied for comparison. Results: The research sample is % 58.6 child drugged into crime and % 41.4 child not drugged into crime. Child drugged into crime of self esteem levels lower than child not drugged into crime of self esteem levels. Conclusion: this study find significant reletionship to child drugged into crime between child not drugged into crime Key Words: Self Concept, Self Esteem, Childhood, Adolasence, Crime