JUVENILE DELIQUENCY – CAUSES

REFORMING JUVENILE DELIQUENTS

 MEANING:

• Derived from Latin ‘delinquer’ – to omit

• Romans – person fails to perform duty
• Guilty of customary offence
• Deviation from norms
• Indulges in anti- social behaviour
• It unchecked, potential offender
• Anti – social conduct- causes suffering on others
• When family cannot control
• Act cannot be crime, unless defined by law
• UNO – convection on child rights in 1989
• It emphasized social integration of child
victims

• LEGISLATION:
• Juvenile justice Act, 1986 repealed
• Juvenile justice (care and protection of
children) act, 2000, enacted
• Juvenile in conflict with law
• Juvenile not completed 18 years
• Children in need of care and protection

CAUSES OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY:

• Global phenomenon
• Youngsters – arrogant, violent
• Rise in incidence of delinquency
• Industrial development, economic growth
• Urbanisation- housing, slums, over crowding
• Lack of parental control, family disorganisation
• Broken homes
• Culture conflict
• Contact with anti- social elements
• Smuggling of liquor, narcotic drugs
• Poverty, illiteracy, child labour
• Theft, pick – pocketing, gambling
INTERNATIONAL CONCERN:
• To provide legal protection
• Not to be held in jail
• To provide adequate means
 JUVENILE JUSTICE IN INDIA
• Young offenders to be corrected
• Not to be punished, but be reformed
• Non – penal treatment
• Juvenile justice board
• Observation homes
• Juvenile justice act, 2000
• Separate procedure
• Release of offenders on probation on of good
conduct
• Probation of offenders act, 1958
• Society’s attitude – tolerance generosity

THE JEVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF

CHILDREN) ACT, 2000
• Addressed as juvenile in conflict with law
• To avoid stigma
• Trial held by board
• Juvenile – below 18 years
• Placed under probation on officer
• Children’s home, shelter homes
• Protection and restoration of children
 JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND
PROTECTION OF CHILDREN)
AMEDMENT ACT, 2006
• Amendment to adopt child friendly approach
• To provide alternatives to observation home
• Child welfare committees to enquire
• Adoption of a child
• To provide leave on special occasions
• Care and protection of neglected children
• To safeguard children against exploitation
deprivation, criminalization.