2. Delinquency
Juvenile delinquency is one of the most
important serious problems of the society. It
is almost an outcome of rapid urbanization
and industrialization of modern times.
Juvenile
3. Juvenile
Delinquency
● Juvenile delinquency is one of the most important
serious problems of the society. It is almost an outcome
of rapid urbanization and industrialization of modern
times.
● A large number of children moving form rural areas to
cities or living in slum areas in cities are found to be
highly vulnerable to this process.
● This has almost become a universal problem in most of
the industrialized countries.
4. Delinquency is a kind of abnormality. When an
individual deviates from the course of normal
social life, his behavior is called ‘delinquency’.
When a juvenile below an age specified under a
statute exhibits behavior which may prove to
be dangerous to society, he may be called
‘juvenile delinquent’.
6. Living on the streets
‘Streetism’ is a relatively new term which means
“living on the streets or being of the streets”. It is
sometimes used to describe the street children
especially in Anglophone Africa.
8. Wandering rail, roads,
streets, market
places.
Stealing e.g.
shoplifting
Act of Delinquency may include
Use of vulgar language
Visiting gambling
centers
Committing sexual
offenses
Habitual truancy
beyond the control of
parents
Juveniles may do such activities individually or through a gang.
9. Causes of Juvenile Delinquency
Bad company Love of adventure
Mental Conflicts School dissatisfaction
According to Healy & Bronner the cause of juvenile delinquency are:
11. The causes of juvenile delinquency may be classified under two major
factors:
Social Factor Personality Factor
Broken family Mental Deficiency
Poverty Emotional Problems
Delinquency Area
Companion/Gangs
Pornography Literature
12. Remedies for Juvenile
Delinquency:
It is known that the delinquent child of today may turn out to be a chronic
criminals tomorrow.
Discussions, debates and studies have been made at the
national as well as international levels by scholars toseek
out effective remedy for this problem.
13. Preventive Method
Improving the social
environment, slum
areas, busy markets
places etc.
Giving proper training to the
members and staff of all
organizations concerned with
delinquency control.
Establishing child
guidance clinics or give
appropriate treatment
to the distributed and
maladjusted children
Creating a team at
government as well as
private level for the
prevention.
Educate to the families
to realize the
importance of giving
proper attention to the
needs of their young
children.
15. —Robert Baden-Powell
“Juvenile crime is not naturally
born in the boy, but is largely due
either to the spirit of adventure
that is in him, to his own stupidity,
or to his lack of discipline,
according to the nature of the
individual.”
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