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 society. The most obvious people affected by juvenile delinquency are the victims.

The most profound consequence of crimes committed by juveniles carries due to socio-economic and psychological problems which reflect on their family members and society. Due to the psychological problems, sometimes juveniles involved in robberies, rapes, and assaults also are significant. With these criminal activities, the juveniles habituate to consuming alcohol or other drugs.

It has been noted that theft and robbery add to a major percentage of these crimes. Murder, rape, dacoity, burglary, and kidnapping are a few more that add to the rest of it. Based on the available statistics, an inference can be drawn that these crimes are on the increasing path.

Based on sources there are different types of juvenile delinquencies which we will discuss in the next part.

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