Juvenile delinquency
Juvenile delinquency is committing of a crime by a young person who is under the age of which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible. A juvenile delinquent is a person below the age of 18, who breaks a state law by committing a crime. There are numerous reasons behind a teen being involved in juvenile delinquency.
Firstly, ‘lack of education’ is one of the major contributing factors to juvenile crime. Children who do not pay attention towards their studies and spend time in leisure activities tend to remain ignorant of important aspects of life.
Secondly, ‘family environment and lack of parenting’ is also responsible. A teenager learns many good and bad things from the family. Sometimes the teenagers are not prohibited or restricted from some matters that result in pampering of juvenile crime.
Juvenile delinquency destroys the normal growth of a teenager and causes social imbalance. After being charged with juvenile crime, a teenager may lose their freedom while being placed on probation. It also puts themselves in relationships with other delinquents who may be more influential. This makes recidivism likely. Juvenile delinquency even has future consequences on the adolescents' career choices. A juvenile delinquent may believe that there is no future for their outside of a life of crime. Juvenile delinquency affects too many individuals, families and communities.
There are many ways to come out from this crisis. Which should be done by all of us. Education, recreation, moral and religious teaching, bullying prevention, community involvement etc. can help us to come out of juvenile delinquency which cannot be curbed fully from the society but it can be reduced. So we should try to reduce Juvenile delinquency and crime so that we can get a better world.
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