JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: ESTIMATING FEARLESS SYMBOL AND FERTILIZATION

Abstract

Juvenile delinquency is one of the eminent misdemeanors in the society, where minors participating in unwarranted acts of lawlessness, in the backdrop of increasing socio-economic binaries especially economic crisis, growing unemployment, lack of education, and social barriers, which encourage youth to indulge in criminal activities in order to produce resources to survive. At the time of, the 26.11.2008 Mumbai terror attack accused, Ajmal Kasab, claimed to be a juvenile and therefore he should be given benefit of the law relating to juvenile justice in India, notwithstanding the fact that he was involved in a ghastly terror attack. The issue of juvenile justice is again in limelight since one of the main accused in the 16.12.2012 Delhi gang rape case was also a juvenile. The law requires that this delinquent will have to be dealt with only under the law relating to juvenile justice in India and not under the normal criminal laws that apply to adults. There are strong demands from various sections of the society to consider this juvenile as an adult and prosecute him along with other five accused persons in this gang rape case. When a young individual is unable to climb up on the social ladder, it increases his frustration and enables them to commit such heinous crimes. The severity of the crime decides whether or not the individuals should be treated as an adult. With the increasing influence of media and internet to children, it has become difficult to ascertain the level of maturity in an individual, maturity being a matter subjective to social norms and culture.

The paper aims to analyze the cause and effects of juvenile delinquency along with the recently proposed Juvenile Justice Act. It necessary to stop treating children as gifts sent by god and to treat them like adults when it comes to punishing them for the crimes committed by them. There is also the need to prevent minors from committing crimes in the first place. Juvenile crimes in India is a harsh reality which needs to eradicated from its roots and this can come true only if offenders between the age of 16 to 18 get punished so that even the victims get some justice.