Cross-border: juvenile delinquency and crime a paradoxical nexus for social transformation

Abstract

: Talented youths such as students, professionals, information technology experts, entrepreneurs, cultural workers, and others are now more internationally mobile in the world economy as a delinquent response to new opportunities (and risks) that are off ered by globalization. Th is trend has been reinforced by the greater information fl ow on economic opportunities and life-styles in diff erent cities and countries across the globe and by lower transportation costs. Th e burden of this paper is a critical examination of the various dimensions of delinquent international mobility of human capital and its developmental implications on source nations (oft en developing countries), recipient nations (oft en rich countries), and on international crime and development. Th e work is also interested in empirical solution to risk factors against youth-ful talents and possibilities as imperatives for social mobilization and transformation in a glo-balized world. The theoretical model for this work shall connect neo-Marxist critical perspective and comparative advantage theory viewed in the light of parsonnian social order model. Finally, the paper will critique social transformation problematic associated with youth-ful talents not developed and mobilized. Th rough resourceful literature and empirical models as stated earlier, the possible solutions will emerge. My expectation is to highlight the need for an adequate and cooperative policy response that balances the human resource needs of the source countries and of the receiving countries considering the fact that ethical standards for recruitment and compensation schemes are possible tools to deal with this phenomenon.