Criminology 7: Juvenile Delinquency

For  most  of  the young  people  of  our  gradually  changing  society,  traditional  patterns guiding  the  relationships  and  transitions  between  family,  school  and  work  may  become quite challenging.  The smoothness of socialization process is ensured by social relations. But  these  days  the  life  style  has  become  so  complex  that  such  relations are  collapsing. Maturity   gap extension  and,   arguably,   the  limited   opportunities of  becoming an  independent  adult  are  the  major factors  that  influence  bonding  with friends and family,  choices and educational opportunities and more over the lifestyles. 

Nowadays youth, irrespective of social origin, gender or nationality , are subjected to risks and are  being presented with new situations and circumstances, some beneficial  and some potentially harmful. Quite often, advantage of such illegal opportunities is being taken as young people commit different crimes, become drug addict and may become violent.

In the given video lecture let us understand the term Juvenile Delinquency, types and causes of juvenile delinquency, different theories of crime applicable to juvenile delinquency and law against juvenile delinquency.