The word ‘Juvenile’
has been derived from Latin term ‘Juvenis’ meaning thereby young. The term ‘delinquency’
has also been derived from the term do (away from) and liqueur (to leave). The Latin
initiative ‘deliquere’ translate as to emit in its original earliest sense.
According to Reckless (1956), the term ‘juvenile delinquency’ applies to the ‘violation
of criminal code and or pursuit of certain patterns of behavior disapproved of
for children and young adolescents’.
Juvenile delinquency,
also known as juvenile offending or youth crime, is participation in illegal behavior
by minor. Most legal system prescribe specific procedures centers and courts. A
juvenile delinquent is a person who is typically under the age of 18 and
commits an act that otherwise would have been charged as a crime if they were
an adult. Depending on the type and severity of the offense committed its
possible for person under 18 to be changed and tries as adults.
In recent
years, the average age for first arrest has dropped significantly and younger
boys and girls are committing crimes. Between 60-80 percent of juvenile
offense. These can range from status offenses to property crimes and violent
crimes.
More than a
century ago, Abraham Lincoln said- “ A child is a person who is going to carry
on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting and when you
are gone, attend to those things you think are important. You may adopt all
policies you people but how they are carried out depends on him. He is going to
move in and take over your churches, schools, universities and corporation. The
fate of humanity is in his hands”.
The problem
of juvenile delinquency is not new. It occurs in all societies simple as well
as complex, that is wherever a relationship is affected between a group of individuals
leading to conflict.
From the
psychological point of view- ‘ delinquency is a rebellion and an expression of
aggression which is aimed at destroying, breaking down or changing the
environment ’. In a developing country like India the problem of juvenile
neglect and delinquency is considerably low but gradually increasing according
to the National Crime Record bureau report 2007.
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