Children doing criminal activities.

1. BY-
PRACHI KHANDELWAL
BPT 1ST YEAR

2. A child who has not
completed a specific age as
mentioned in the law of any
country and does not bear
resemblance as an adult
person and who can be made
legally answerable for his
criminal activities.
Person who is under the age
of 18.
A criminal behaviour,
especially that is
carried out by a
juvenile.

3. ‘Juvenile delinquent involves wrong
doing by a child or a young person,
who is under age as specified by
the law of the place concerned’—
Dr Sethna

4. ACT OF DELINQUENCY
 Running away from home without the
permission of parents.
 Habitual behavior beyond the control of
parents.
 Spending time idly beyond limits.
 Use of vulgar languages.
 Committing sexual crime.
 Visiting gambling center .
 Pick pocketing

5. CATEGORIES OF JUVENILE OFFENSE
STATUS OFFENSE
DELINQUENT
OFFENSE

6. BIOLOGICAL
SOCIAL
PSYCHOLOGICAL
ECONOMICAL

7. BIOLOGICAL CAUSE –
 Hearing problem
 Speech problem
 XYY Chromosomal defect
 Physical defects- Handicapped

8. AT HOME
 Broken families
 Lack of parentral
control
 Cruelity of
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 Lack of discipline at
home
 Severe discipline at
home
 Child birth order in
family
 Alcoholic parents
OUTSIDE HOME
 Bad Neighbourhood
 School Environment
 Peer influence
 Social Media
 Race
SOCIAL CAUSES

9. PSYCHOLOGICAL
 Mental diseases
 Personality Traits
 Emotional Instability
ECONOMICAL
 Poverty
 Urbanisation
 Unemployment
 Child labour
 Gender
Discrimination

10. TYPES OF DELINQUENT
Gang OrganizedDelinquents
Unsocialized Delinquencts
Accidental Delinquencts
Occasional Delinquencts
 Professional Delinquencts.

11. STATISTICS
 2012-14: 300% rise in Delhi
 2014: a small increase in India
 2014: 18% increase in cases in Delhi
 2016: 35.6% of the crimes in Delhi
In 2016, making Delhi the number one ranked
among metropolitan cities with 35.6% of the
crimes committed by minors across the country.
 2013: Attacks on women rise 132%
 2014-16: One juvenile held for rape every 4 hours
in India

12. In India, at least one minor was arrested for raping a
woman or girl every eight hours in 2019.

15. EFFECTS OF DELINQUENCY
 ON CAREER-
Negative affect on academic activities during the probation or
incarceration.
 ON FAMILY-
A trauma for family to have a juvenile delinquent in their family .
Families are required to attend counselling sessions for the
delinquent. This is costly and disruptive.
 ON COMMUNITY-
Juvenile delinquency is closely related to sexual activities, drug use,
gang involvement, etc. All these hurt the community because they
make the community unsafe.

16. JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT
 Birth proof must for juveniles.
 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of
Children) Act, 2014
 Try 16- 18 as adults (Juvenile Justice Bill,
2015)

18. REHABILITATION
 Probation
 Reformatory institutions – juvenile homes
 Certified Schools
 Auxiliary Homes
 Foster Homes
 Uncared children institutions
 Borstal institutions
 Aftercare Organisations

19. RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER JJ ACT
Formulation of MinimumStandards
National Commission for Children
Strategy for Change
Special Training Programme
Sports and Functional Programmes
Education and Schooling
Courses and Seminars
Providing Assistance