Dr.

RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL

LAW UNIVERSITY

SYNOPSIS

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND ITS SOCIO-

ECONOMIC FACTORS

SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO:

Akash Gulati Dr. Sanjay Singh

Semester-II Professor Of Sociology

Section-A RMLNLU, Lucknow

Enr. No. 200101015

 OVERVIEW

Every year almost 32,000 juveniles fall into delinquency which makes up to 7.2% of all

crimes committed in our country inclusive of all ages. This huge number of children falling

into such acts of conflict with the law has grave consequences for both individuals and

society. On one hand, a victim ends up on the receiving end, and on the other, a juvenile lets

go of so much of future potential full of growth that he/she might have attained if not for the

crime they indulged in at a point in life which can have a severe impact on your personality

and your acceptance and integration into the society. Maybe it is because of the lack of

existing opportunities which create a lack of opportunity cost for these juveniles before

stepping into delinquency, or maybe it’s the poor conditioning and parenting via the parents

and other influences in their lives that contribute to their delinquent tendencies. Most

probably it is the product of both and some other nuances as well which result in such cases

of children finding themselves in conflict with the law. This project aims to understand what

is juvenile delinquency, its causes, and what can be done about this societal menace.

METHODOLOGY

The method to conduct the study would be to analyse the existing literature, studies, and

empirical data available on juvenile delinquency, the motive is to try and draw inferences

regarding what is it that leads a child into delinquency and what can be done to ameliorate the

problem. Data across different aspects will be taken into account to see if there’s and

connection and pattern in child delinquency, data will be of the sociological and economic

background of these children, including their literacy level, family income, etc.