Understanding Juvenile Delinquency In India: Exploring Causes, Trends And Suggestion For Reform

ABSTRACT A juvenile delinquent is a person who committed criminal behaviour / illegal behaviour, which is not acceptable to the public or society, whose age lies between 10 to 17 years. This paper is a conceptual paper which is related to the increasing rate of juvenile delinquents in India according to NCRB report. This paper analyse the different ways and various activities adopted by the juvenile by which they become juvenile delinquents and also analyse the reason behind the increasing rate of juvenile delinquents in India, and also incorporated some suggested solutions to prevent them from socially unexpectable behaviour. With this paper, the authors wants to spread awareness to juveniles and society so that juveniles can be secure from illegal activities and illegal behaviour. This paper will be beneficial to all the educational stakeholders like parents, teachers, children, regular schools, educational administration, and society etc.