Juvenile Delinquency

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY   Juvenile delinquency is the antisocial or criminal activity of a child (below 16 years of age for boys and 18 years for girls) violating the law. In true context, that same activity would have been a crime if it was committed by the adult... Juvenile delinquency is a gateway to adult crime since a large percentage of criminal careers have their roots in childhood causing serious problems worldwide.   Today, it has become a topic of great concern and needs to be discussed on a serious note. The complexity grows as we go into the statistical data of developed countries compared to the still developing ones. Juvenile delinquency is an enormous problem in India by which most of the youth ruin their lives.     Because of juvenile crime youth, their families, and the entire society suffer multiple consequences. Not only does the problem affect the victims of the crime; but it also affects the juvenile delinquent’s family, their future, and soc...