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JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
MEANING OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: Delinquency is a kind of abnormality.When an individual deviates from the course of normal social life, his behaviour is called "delinquency".
When a juvenile, below an age specified under a statute exhibits behaviour which may prove to be dangerous to society and to him he may be called a 'Juvenile delinquent'.each state has its own precise definition of the age range covered by the word 'Juvenile'.
DEFINITION: Cyril Burt defines delinquency as occurring in a child "when his antisocial tendencies appear so grave that he becomes or ought to become the subject of official action".
Frienlander says, "Delinquency is a juvenile misconduct that might be dealt with under the law."
WHO IS A JUVENILE DELINQUENT:Juvenile delinquent are those offenders including boys and girls who are normally under 16 years of age.A juvenile delinquent is a young person incorrigible,or habitually disobedient.Acts of delinquency may include:
- running away from home without the permission of parents,
- habitual truancy beyond the control of parents,
- spending time idly beyond limits,
- use of vulgar languages,
- wandering about rail-road, streets,market places,
- committinf sexual offences,
- shop-lifting and stealing etc.
FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
1. PHYSICAL FACTORS
- MALNUTRITON
- LACK OF SLEEP
- DEVELOPMENT ABBERATION
- SENSORY DEFECTS
- ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
- DRUG ADDICTION
- PHYSICAL EXUBERANC
2. MENTAL FACTORS
- MENTAL DEFECT
- PSYCHOSES
- MENTAL CONFLICTS
- PSYCHONEUROSES
- ABNORMALITIES OF INSTINCT AND EMOTION
- SEX HABIT AND EXPERIENCES
- OBESSIVE IMAGINARY AND IMAGINATION
3. HOME CONDITONS
- UNSANITARY CONDITIONS
- MATERIAL DEFICIENCIES
- POVERTY AND UNEMPOLYMENT
- BROKEN HOMES
- MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABNORMALITIES OF PARENTS,OR SIBLING
- STIGMA OF ILLEGITIMACY
- "SUPERIOR" EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
ADMINISTRATION OF JUVINILE JUSTICE IN PAKISTAN
Juvenile justice is the area of criminal law applicable to person who at the time of commission of an offence have not attained the age of 18 years. The main goal of a juvenile justice system is rehablition rather than punishment for juvenile criminal behaviour: to avoid the stigmatisation resulting from a criminal convication and the phenonmenon of reoffendring.
It is not possible to know exact number of prisoners, including children, in jails at any given time simply because the number changes daily as some prisoners are released and new ones are brought in.However, in dec 2011, there were 1,421 children in Pakistan's jails.only 165 of these had been convicted nad the remaining 1256 children were still under trial.
SPARC is working to creat awareness about the plight and needs of children in conflict with the law, about Pakistan's juvenile justice systemand about the international guideline and agreements concerning juvenile justice.Trian relevant authories about their responsibilities under the juvenile justice system ordinance 2000 and about children right.
Although there are a number of laws and consituttional guarantees for the protection of the rights of children accused or convicted of crime, in reality they are seldom upheld.Juvenile prisoners, the majority of whom are under trail, are among the worst off in Pakistan.Immediately following arrest and during police remand, children suffer in police custody and are maltreated by the police authority.Thet are denied access to legal aid, their relatives and are not kept separate from adult.while in prison, children are subjested to gegrading and inhuman treatment and punishment.Sadly, the juvenile inmates in prisons faces problems such as extreme overcrowding, malnutritution,physical,mental,and sexual abuse and a lack of medical care.
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