A STUDY ON JUVENILE DELINQUENCY IN INDIA
Rahul S, Abdul Khadhar S
B.A., LL.B., (HONS)
SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF LAW,
SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND TECHNICAL SCIENCES
Abstract- Children are the most important determinant for the growth and development of our nation. They also determine the future of the world and the torchbearers of our society. The civilization of humans rests upon their children. It's fluently predictable that the future of the country is at a pitfall where the children have started getting involved in horrendous crimes. Unfortunately, there has been an unknown increase in the number of cases of crimes committed by children in utmost of the countries throughout the globe India, being one of them.
In India, the rate of crime committed by the children is increasing at an intimidating rate which is disturbing and is fatalistic to the interest of the society, thus, it's the need of the hour to find results to end the imminence of juvenile delinquency. This paper aims at studying who's a chick, what juvenile delinquency means, the reasons or the causes behind the adding rates of juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquency particularly in India has been bandied about in the paper which is supplemented with colourful statistical data collected from sanctioned sources. This paper contains various Acts and legislation relating to juvenile delinquencies in India.
Crime rate is increasing day by day in India and the most shocking trend that can be noticed is that it's healing among Kids too. Felonious cases of all feathers ranging from thefts to murder or smuggling to sexual crimes are committed by them. Juveniles are humans below the age of 18. We hear of blowups in communities and indeed in our seminaries. Adding situations of juvenile violence are a public concern. The concern has concentrated on discipline, but veritably little on forestallment or intervention. The future of our world depends on responsible citizens who retain the capability to express and resolve conflicts while working together for communal enhancement. The Juvenile Justice Act is principally for the protection, treatment and recuperation of a chick who committed a crime due to some influential factors. They're transferred to Juvenile homes where numerous services are handed out similar as health, education or vocational training so that they could live a healthy life when completed with discipline.
Keywords: Child, crime, juvenile justice, delinquency, Education.
