See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.

net/publication/311577071

CHILDREN IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES: A CASE STUDY OF BANGLADESH FROM

ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE

Conference Paper · November 2016

CITATION READS

1 5,771

1 author:

Dr. Muhammad Obaidullah

International Islamic University Malaysia
36 PUBLICATIONS   36 CITATIONS   

SEE PROFILE

Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects:

Comparative Religion View project

Research Methodology View project

All content following this page was uploaded by Dr. Muhammad Obaidullah on 14 November 2019.

The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file.

 Children in Criminal Activities: A Case Study of
Bangladesh from Islamic Perspective

Muhammad Obaidullah
Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, the CGED in Manarat International University

ABSTRACT

Children’s involvement in criminal activities is rapidly rising in all around the present world which

1. INTRODUCTION

1) Mohammad Jamil Khan and Md Sanaul Islam Tipu, “Children’s involvement in crime on the rise”, The
'DLO\ 'KDND 7ULEXQH 'KDND %DQJODGHVK  2FWREHU  2QOLQH VRXUFH ‡KWWSZZZGKDNDWULEXQHFRP
EDQJODGHVKFKLOGUHQVLQYROYHPHQWFULPHULVH‡

52
 2

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

3. METHODOLOGY OF THE STUDY

,ELG

53
 4. FINDINGS

4.1. Situation of Criminal Activities of Children in Present-day Bangladesh

10

11

81,&()7KH&RQYHQWLRQRQ7KH5LJKWVRI7KH&KLOG*XLGLQJ3ULQFLSOHV*HQHUDO5HTXLUHPHQWVIRU$OO5LJKWV´
2QOLQHVRXUFH‡Z ZZXQLFHIRUJFUF¿OHV*XLGLQJB3ULQFLSOHVSGI‡UHWULHYHG6HSWHPEHU
‡KWWSZZZPHUULDPZHEVWHUFRPGLFWLRQDU\FULPH‡UHWULHYHG6HSWHPEHU
,ELG
6) Mohammad Jamil Khan and Md Sanaul Islam Tipu, “Children’s involvement in crime on the rise”, The Daily
'KDND7ULEXQH,ELG
0G7DMXO,VODP-XYHQLOH'HOLQTXHQF\LQ%DQJODGHVK,GHQWLI\LQJWKHFDXVHVZLWKUHIHUHQFHWRVRPHFDVHVWXGLHV
%DQJODGHVK/DZ-RXUQDO'KDND%DQJODGHVK-DQ-XQH9ROS
,ELG
4XRWHGIURP6WDIIUHSRUWHU³6WUHHWFKLOGUHQDUHLQYROYLQJLQFULPV´7KH'KDND7ULEXQH2QOLQHVRXUFH ‡KWWS
ZZZGKDNDWULEXQHFRPEDQJODGHVK‡
10)Mohammad Jamil Khan and Md Sanaul Islam Tipu, “Children’s involvement in crime on the rise”, The Daily
'KDND7ULEXQH,ELG
11)Ibid

54
 12

13

14

15

4.2. Nature of Criminal Activities of Children in Bangladesh

16

17

19

12)Ibid
,ELG
,ELG
,ELG
,ELG
,ELG
(GLWRULDO³6WUHHW.LGVDQG&ULPH´7 KH'DLO\,QGHSHQGHQW'KDND%DQJODGHVK-XQH2QOLQH source:
‡KWWSZZZWKHLQGHSHQGHQWEGFRPKRPHSULQWQHZV‡5HWULHYHG6HSWHPEHU
19)Mohammad Jamil Khan and Md Sanaul Islam Tipu, “Children’s involvement in crime on the rise”, The Daily
'KDND7ULEXQH,ELG

55
 20

21

22

23

4.3. Reasons behind the Criminal Activities of Children

24

moral and ethical teaching are equal as

4.3.1. Poverty

25

³6WUHHW&KLOGUHQDUHLQ&ULPLQDO$FWLYLWLHV´%DQJODGHVK6KLVKX2GKLNDU1HZV 'KDND%DQJODGHVK‡KWWS

ZZZEGVKLVKXRGKLNDUQHZVFRPRI‡UHWULHYHG6HSW
21),ELG
22),ELG
,ELG
24)4XRWHGIURP0G7DMXO,VODP-XYHQLOH'HOLQTXHQF\LQ%DQJODGHVK9ROS
$VLDQ'HYHORSPHQW%DQN³3RYHUW\LQ%DQJODGHVK´2QOLQHVRXUFH‡KWWSVZZZDGERUJFRXQWULHVEDQJODGHVK
SRYHUW\‡UHWULHYHG2FW

56
 26

27

in order to survive in the harsh conditions that street life entails, many
RIWKHVWUHHWFKLOGUHQDUHLQFUHDVLQJO\FKRRVLQJDOLIHRIFULPH 28

29

4.3.2. Illiteracy or Lack of Education

30

31

4.3.3. Child Abuse

(GLWRULDO³6WUHHW.LGVDQG&ULPH´7KH'DLO\,QGHSHQGHQW,ELG
27),ELG
28),ELG
29),ELG
30),ELG
³6WUHHW&KLOGUHQDUHLQ&ULPLQDO$FWLYLWLHV´%DQJODGHVK6KLVKX2GKLNDU1HZV,ELG

57
 32

33

4.3.4. Family breakup and Other Issues

34

35

36

32)Udisa Islam, “Juvenile delinquency: Lack of parental monitoring blamed”, The Dhaka Tribune , (Dhaka,
%DQJODGHVK  2FWREHU  2QOLQH VRXUFH ‡K WWSDUFKLYHGKDNDWULEXQHFRPFULPHRFWMXYHQLOH
GHOLQTXHQF\ODFNSDUHQWDOPRQLWRULQJEODPHG‡UHWULHYHG2FWREHU
$EXO%DUNDW$VPDU2VPDQ0DQ]XPD$KVDQ +DVQD+HQD6KDZDO\6LWXDWLRQDO$QDO\VLVRIWKH6WUHHW&KLOGUHQ
LQYROYHGLQ%HJJLQJLQ'KDND&LW\'KDND%DQJODGHVK+XPDQ'HYHORSPHQW5HVHDUFK&HQWUHS
')DUULQJWRQ8QGHUVWDQGLQJDQG3UHYHQWLQJ<RXWK&ULPH<RUN-RVHSK5RZQWUHH)RXQGDWLRQ
=LOOXU5DKPDQ.KDQ5DWDQ-XYHQLOHGHOLQTXHQF\$UHFHQWWUHQGRIFKLOGFULPH'KDND%DQJODGHVK%DQJODGHVK
0HQWDO+HDOWKRQOLQHS
8GLVD,VODP-XYHQLOHGHOLQTXHQF\/DFNRISDUHQWDOPRQLWRULQJEODPHG7KH'KDND7ULEXQH‡KWWSDUFKLYH
GKDNDWULEXQHFRPFULPHRFWMXYHQLOHGHOLQTXHQF\ODFNSDUHQWDOPRQLWRULQJEODPHG‡UHWULHYHG2FWREHU


58
 37

38

39

4.3.5. Availability of Drugs

40

41

8GLVD,VODP-XYHQLOHGHOLQTXHQF\/DFNRISDUHQWDOPRQLWRULQJEODPHG7KH'KDND7ULEXQH,ELG
6KDLGXO,VODP9X\D%DQJODGHVKDNLVRURSRUDGKRWDUSURWLNHU-XYHQLOH'HOLQTXHQF\LQ%DQJODGHVKDQGLWV
SUHYHQWLRQ'KDND%DQJODGHVK$PDUERLRQOLQHS2QOLQHVRXUFH‡KWWSZZZDPDUERLRUJDUWLFOH
GHWDLO‡UHWULHYHG6HSWHPEHU
')DUULQJWRQµ+XPDQ'HYHORSPHQWDQG&ULPLQDO&DUHHUV¶LQ00DJXLUH50RUJDQDQG55HLQHUHGV
 7KH2[IRUG+DQGERRNRI&ULPLQRORJ\QGHGQ2[IRUG&ODUHQGRQ3UHVV
81,&()³&ULPHDQG9LROHQFH´2QOLQHVRXUFH‡KWWSZZZXQLFHIRUJEDQJODGHVKFKLOGUHQBKWPO‡UHWULHYHG
6HSWHPEHU
8GLVD,VODP-XYHQLOHGHOLQTXHQF\/DFNRISDUHQWDOPRQLWRULQJEODPHG7KH'KDND7ULEXQH,ELG

59
 4.3.6. Racism & Communalism

4.3.7. Involvement in political activities

42

4.3.8. Lack of Morality and Ethics in Education

43

4.3.9. Lack of Religiousness

44

4.4. Effects of Criminal Activities of Children

(GLWRULDO³6WUHHW.LGVDQG&ULPH´7KH'DLO\,QGHSHQGHQW,ELG
,QWHUYLHZFRQGXFWHGE\WKHUHVHDUFKHULQ6HSWHPEHU
6WDIIUHSRUWHU³&ULPHDFWLYLWLHVRIFKLOGUHQDUHLQFUHDVLQJ´7KH%'1HZVFRP'KDND%DQJODGHVK0D\
2QOLQH6RXUFH‡KWWSEDQJODEGQHZVFRPEDQJODGHVKDUWLFOHEGQHZV‡UHWULHYHG6HSWHPEHU


60
4.5. Islamic View on Criminal Activities of Children

45

46 47

48

%HFDXVHLQ,VODPDFULPHLVDQDFWRUFRQGXFWZKHUHE\DSHUVRQEUHDNVWKHODZDQGLQIULQJHVXSRQWKHULJKWVRI
RWKHUV,QWKHUHOLJLRXVSDUODQFHLWLVFDOOHG³DVLQ´7KHUHIRUHDOOWKHVLQIXOZRUNVDUHFRQVLGHUHGDVFULPH
7D]LUFULPHVDUHOHVVVHULRXVWKDQ +DGFULPHVIRXQGLQWKH4XUDQ 7D]LUSXQLVKPHQWVYDU\DFFRUGLQJWRWKH
FLUFXPVWDQFHV7KH\YDU\DFFRUGLQJWRWKHJUDYLW\RIWKHFULPHDQGWKHH[WHQWRIWKHFULPLQDOGLVSRVLWLRQRIWKH
FULPLQDOKLPVHOI7D]LUFULPHVDUHDFWVZKLFKDUHSXQLVKHGEHFDXVHWKHRIIHQGHUGLVREH\V*RG
VODZDQGZRUG
7D]LUFULPHVFDQEHSXQLVKHGLIWKH\KDUPWKHVRFLHWDOLQWHUHVWTXRWHGIURP0RKDPPHG6DODP0DGNRDU+XPDQ
5LJKWVIURPDQ,VODPLFZRUOGYLHZ$QRXWOLQHRI+XGXG7D
]LUDQG4LVDV2QOLQHVRXUFH‡KWWSZZZPXKDMDEDK
FRPGRFVWRUDJHKXGXGKWP‡UHWULHYHG6HSWHPEHU
+DGGFULPHVDUHWKRVHZKLFKDUHSXQLVKDEOHE\DSUHHVWDEOLVKHGSXQLVKPHQWIRXQGLQWKH4XUDQ7KHVHPRVW
VHULRXVRIDOOFULPHVDUHIRXQGE\DQH[DFWUHIHUHQFHLQWKH4XUDQWRDVSHFL¿FDFWDQGDVSHFL¿FSXQLVKPHQWIRU
WKDWDFW7KH+DGFULPHVDUHL0XUGHULL$SRVWDV\IURP,VODPPDNLQJZDUXSRQ$OODKDQGKLVPHVVHQJHUV
LLL7KHIWLY$GXOWHU\'HIDPDWLRQIDOVHDFFXVDWLRQRIDGXOWHU\RUIRUQLFDWLRQYUREEHU\YL$OFRKROGULQNLQJ
,ELG
$TLVDVFULPHLVRQHRIUHWDOLDWLRQ)RUDTLVDVFULPHWKHYLFWLPKDVDULJKWWRVHHNERWKUHWULEXWLRQDQGUHWDOLDWLRQ
7KHH[DFWSXQLVKPHQWIRUHDFKTLVDVFULPHLVVHWIRUWKLQWKH4XUDQ7UDGLWLRQDOTLVDVFULPHVLQFOXGHL0XUGHU
SUHPHGLWDWHGDQGQRQSUHPHGLWDWHGLL3UHPHGLWDWHGRIIHQVHVDJDLQVWKXPDQOLIHVKRUWRIPXUGHULLL0XUGHU
E\HUURULY2IIHQVHVE\HUURUDJDLQVWKXPDQLW\VKRUWRIPXUGHU,ELG

61
 49

50

51

52

53

5. RECOMMENDATIONS TOWARDS OVERCOMING THE SITUATION

$EX'DZXG6XQDQ%D\UXW'DUDO.XWXEDO
,OPL\DK+DGLWKQRDQG,PDP0XKDPPDG,EQµ,VDQDO
7LUPLGKL6XQDQ%D\UXW'DUDO5LVDODKDO
$ODPL\DK+DGLWKQR
0XKDPPDG$PLQLEQ$ELGLQ$O6KDPL5DGGDO0XKWDUDODDG'XUDO0XNKWDU%D\UXW'DUDO0D
ULIDK
9ROS
(GLWRULDOERDUG$O0DZVX¶DKDO)LTKL\\DK.XZDLW:L]DUDWDO$ZTDIZDDO6KX
XQDO,VODPL\DKYROS
$EGXOODKLEQLEQ4XGDPDK$O0XJKQLDO5L\DG'DU
$ODPDO.XWXEYROS
$O4XU¶DQ6XUDKDO7DJKDEXQ

62
 54

55

54)Mohammad Jamil Khan and Md Sanaul Islam Tipu, “Children’s involvement in crime on the rise”, The Daily
 'KDND7ULEXQH,ELG
,ELG

63
 56

6. CONCLUSION

7. REFERENCES

(GLWRULDO³6WUHHW.LGVDQG&ULPH´7KH'DLO\,QGHSHQGHQW,ELG

64
65
 ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀฀ ฀฀

66

View publication stats